In the Multimedia Art Museum presents 38 works from the collection of the "Museum Ludwig" in the Russian Museum — including works by Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Robert Rauschenberg, Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter and others.

Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
19 Feb — may 1 2018
Moscow, Ostozhenka str., 10

In 1994, legendary collectors Peter and Irene Ludwig donated to the Russian Museum collection of works of outstanding artists of the second half of the twentieth century. This gift became the basis of the permanent exhibition "Museum Ludwig in the Russian Museum", which opened to the public on March 10, 1995 in the halls of the Marble Palace. According to the agreement, the new institution was granted the status of "Museum in the Museum". The exhibition "Museum Ludwig in the Russian Museum" today is the only major collection of modern art works from the postwar period until the early twenty-first century. In the collection of the Ludwig Museum also includes works by the stars of Russian contemporary art.

under the agreement, and their spouses Ludwig collection ", Ludwig Museum in the Russian Museum" continues to grow. New work entering the collection in two ways: gifts of foreign and domestic artists (or their heirs) involved in rapidly developing the exhibition program, "Museum Ludwig in the Russian Museum", as well as acquisitions, mainly funded, of the Ludwig Foundation. Today the collection includes works by 150 artists.

the Collection assembled by the spouses Ludwig, includes fine examples of the art of antiquity, the middle ages, Baroque and Rococo, the arts of pre-Columbian America, Africa, China and India, but the most fame she got thanks to the artists-авангардистов, the works of Pablo Picasso, the objects of American pop-арта (with whom he began a collection of modern art Ludwig) and the works of German neo-expressionism.

In 1976 Peter and Irene Ludwig for the first time, gave 300 works from his collection to the city of Cologne, opened the first Museum Ludwig. Today, works from the collection of the Ludwig family is represented in many international museums and foundations bearing their name. With impeccable taste, a subtle instinct, the interest in contemporary art, fearlessness and the ability to appreciate the creative perspectives of the artist long before he received General recognition, the couple Ludwig has created an impressive collection, and contributed to the promotion of contemporary art, including works by the Russian avant-garde and non-conformists, on the world art scene.

List of works donated to the Russian Museum was established by the Ludwig family, together with representatives of the Museum. The collection, intended for the Russian Museum reflects the artistic directions and strategies, introducing the viewer to the iconic works of pop-арта ("Ruins" RoyLichtenstein, "Portrait of P. Ludwig" Andy Warhol "Banana ice cream tasting" Claes Oldenburg etc.) and hyperrealism ("diner" Ralph Goings), German neo-expressionism ("the Bottle and the eagle" by Georg Baselitz, "Style: Eurydice" Marcus Luperca, the Chairs jörg jörg Immendorff, "Big iron fist of Germany" Anselm Kiefer) and conceptual art ("Garden" Ilya Kabakov, the work of Sergei Mironenko, a group of "Medgermenevtika").

in addition, the collection demonstrates the development of the latest trends, types and genres, methods and techniques in contemporary art: "Man in space Y 2589394" Jonathan Borofsky — painting on canvas non-traditional forms, "Monica" Tom Wesselman — monumental figure of steel, made by laser, "Closet Il" Igor Makarevich — assemblage that combines practical, everyday things (the so-called "found objects" — found objects) and painting.

works from the "Ludwig Museum in the Russian Museum" regularly take part in major international projects around the world. In 2014, Russian Museum organized a large-scale screening of this collection in Brazil: exhibition at the Cultural center Bank of Brazil in Rio-де-Жанейро came in second place in the world for attendance: for two months it looked 088 530 people in three cities of the country the exhibition was visited by over one million viewers.

Now part of an outstanding collection takes the Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow. The exhibition includes 38 works of renowned artists of the twentieth century: Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Robert Rauschenberg, Joseph Beuys, Claes Oldenburg, Jonathan Borofsky, James Rosenquist, Gerhard Richter, jörg jörg Immendorff, Jasper Johns, CY Twombly, Tom Wesselmann, Anselm Kiefer, Ilya Kabakov, Erik Bulatov, Dmitri Prigov, Mikhail Roginsky, Igor Makarevich, Viktor Pivovarov, Sergei Mironenko, Nikolay Ovchinnikov, Edward Steinberg, Inspection "Medical Hermeneutics" (Sergey Anufriev, Yuri Leiderman, Pavel Pepperstein), Igor Kanikowska, Ivan Chuikov and others.

the Exhibition will continue until may 1, 2018.

Source: mamm-mdf.ru