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Moscow
Grafika: Artists’ Prints 1961 – 2005
Selections from the Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern
European Art
International
Print Center New York and the Kolodzei Art Foundation announce
the presentation of Moscow Grafika: Artists’ Prints
1961 – 2005-- Selections from the Kolodzei Collection
of Russian and Eastern European Art. The exhibition will
be on view from September 13th-October 22nd, 2005 in IPCNY’s
gallery at 526 West 26th Street in Chelsea.
Moscow
Grafika is the first exhibition of prints from the Kolodzei
Collection and the first showing of the graphic work of many
of the artists in the United States. Moscow Grafika has been
guest curated for IPCNY by Natalia Kolodzei. A curatorial essay
by Ms. Kolodzei will accompany the exhibition.
Moscow
Grafika includes more than sixty works by forty artists
in various mediums of printmaking including linocut, etching,
screenprint, monotype and lithography. Dating from 1961 through
the present, the work represents historic trends in non-conformist
art as well as current exploration of traditional and digital
mediums in printmaking by artists working in Moscow.
Several
generations of non-conformist and independent artists are represented
in the exhibition. Ranging in age from thirty-five to seventy-five,
they include those who began their careers during Khrushchev’s
“thaw” of the 1960’s and 1970’s who took
part in the first unofficial exhibitions; artists who began
working in the perestroika (late 1980’s) and the post-perestroika
periods; as well as artists who entered the scene more recently
during the post-Soviet years.
Artists
represented in Moscow Grafika include Yuri Albert, Vagrich
Bakhchanyan, Farid Bogdalov, Grisha Bruskin, Andrei Budaev,
Olga Bulgakova, Ivan Chuikov, Andrei Filippov, Valeryi Gerlovin,
Marina Gertsovskaia, Eduard Gorokhovsky, Ilya Kabakov, Marina
Karpova, Komar & Melamid, Otari Kandaurov, Alexander Kosolapov,
Lev Kropivnitsky, Valentina Kropivnitskaia, Leonid Lamm, Georgy
Litichevsky, Igor Makarevich, Sergei Mironenko, Mikhail Molochnikov,
Ernst Neizvestny,Victor Pivovarov, Dmitri Plavinsky, Oscar Rabin,
Mikhail Roginsky, Scherer & Ouporov, Alexandre Sitnikov,
Natalia Sitnikova, Yuri Sobolev, Leonid Sokov, Marina Telepneva,
Oleg Tselkov, Oleg Vassiliev, Vladimir Yankilevsky and Alexander
Zakharov.
Moscow
Grafika: Artists’ Prints 1961 – 2005-- Selections
from the Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European
Art will trace the tortuous progress from the beginning
of artistic liberation in the post-Stalin years, through the
stagnation of the Brezhnev years and the hopefulness of the
Gorbachev years, to the many new directions in contemporary
art today.
Curatorial
talks by Ms. Kolodzei will accompany the exhibition. Topics
such as recent developments in print publishing in Moscow and
the history of non-conformist art will be addressed.
International
Print Center New York is a 501(c)(3) non-profit institution
dedicated to the appreciation and understanding of the fine
art print. IPCNY nurtures the growth of new audiences for the
visual arts while serving the print community through exhibitions,
publications and educational programs.
The
Kolodzei Art Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit institution,
organizes exhibitions in museums and cultural centers in the
United States, Russia and other countries, utilizing the considerable
resources of the Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern
European Art. The foundation also provides art supplies to Russian
artists and organizes Russian-American cultural exchanges.
The
Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art consists
of 7,000 art objects of which several thousand are etchings,
lithographs, screenprints and digital prints. The work of more
than 300 artists from Russia and the former Soviet Union is
included. The collection includes paintings, drawings and sculptures
in addition to works in the print medium. For additional information
about the Kolodzei Art Foundation or the Kolodzei Collection
of Russian and Eastern European Art, call Natalia Kolodzei,
Executive Director, at (732) 545-8425 or visit www.
KolodzeiArt.org, or email Kolodzei@KolodzeiArt.org
International
Print Center New York is located in Chelsea on 26th Street between
10th and 11th Avenues at 526 West 26th Street, Room 824. Hours
are 11- 6 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday. For additional information,
call Michelle Levy, Program Manager, at (212) 989-5090
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