the Pushkin Museum to them. A. C. Pushkin
28 April — 5 June 2015
the Main building, Moscow, Volkhonka str., 12

In honor of the opening of the bilateral year of Spain and Russia in the Main building of the Pushkin Museum of a name of A. C. Pushkin, on the ground floor, opened the exhibition "artist's Book. Graphics by Joan Miro for the poem by Rafael Alberti, Antoni tàpies to the poetry of Joseph Brodsky. From the collection of Boris Fridman".

Create works in the genre of the livre d'artiste edition with original graphic works of painters, sculptors, architects — was a kind of platform for joint creative work of Spanish and Russian artists and literature@

Livre d'artiste as an independent direction in art was formed in the early twentieth century, when the French art dealer Ambroise Vollard began to publish literary texts with original prints artists who collaborated with nim@

Vivid example of joint creativity of the artist and the poet are presented in this exhibition two editions of livre d'artiste from the collection of Boris Fridman@

This abstraction Joan Miro created a poem by the Spanish poet and playwright Rafael Alberti, and graphic sheets Antoni tàpies to the poetry of the Russian poet Joseph Brodsky. The exhibition shows the 19 unique works made by masters XX veka@

Poet Rafael Alberti (1902-1999) proposed his famous compatriot Joan Miro (1893-1983) work on a joint project — the publication of the livre d'artiste in 1971. For two years, they discussed details of the upcoming book "Wonders with variations: acrostics in the garden myrrh." Specially for this unique publication Rafael Alberti wrote poetry, and Joan miró created 22 coloured lithographs, seven of which were double format. Another lithograph was made by the artist to design the box, which is placed in the book. The exhibition, presented at a special pylon, you can see that nine worksheets in the workbook Miro — Alberti, including six coloured lithographs, and three — page tekstom@

On another pylon shown lithography artist-minimalist Antoni tàpies (1923-2012) to the "Roman elegies" by Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996). Spanish master turned to the poetry of the Russian poet 12 years after their publication in 1993. His graphic works are a continuation of handwriting elegies printed using the lithographic technique in dark brown colours. Choose lithographs the artist executed in an original way: he applied the paint with your fingers on the stone. The sheets with the poems of Joseph Brodsky in English language expand the visual space of the book, as a natural continuation of the illustrations themselves. The exhibition features 12 works by Antoni tàpies. Of these, nine lithographs and three handwritten text@

Exhibition "artist's Book. Graphics by Joan Miro for the poem by Rafael Alberti, Antoni tàpies to the poetry of Joseph Brodsky. From the collection of Boris Friedman" allow the viewer not only to continue to the livre d'artiste, but also to open new pages of Spanish and Russian culture@

Source: artsmuseum.ru