RUSSIAN CULTURE NEWS _______________ News.museum.ru _________________________ Edition N 201 March 20, 2002 Number of subscribers 1731 issued from October 1997. ______________________________________________________ -= CONTENTS =- 1. Exhibition of Works by Julia Karpova in "Old English Yard" 2. It Has Been Lately, It Had Been Long Ago 3. Photo Exhibition "Bumblebee's Look" 4. The World of Russian Remote Place 5. Exhibitions in the Folk Crafts Fund 6. 200-year Birthday of Pavel Voinovich Naschokin 7. Exhibition and Competition in Rumiantsevs Mansion 8. "Saint Petersburg Children" in Anna Akhmatova Museum 9. Science and Culture of Saint Petersburg in the 18th Century 10. Exhibition "Russian Emperors" in Vladimir 11. Photographer to the Tsar: Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii -= 1 =- Exhibition of Works by Julia Karpova in "Old English Yard" The branch of the Museum of History of Moscow City represents the exhibition of works by artist Julia Karpova "Moscow Streets and Lanes". The crayoned pictures, water-colour paintings and paintings made with oil-paint and gouache acquaint us with landscapes of Moscow of the 80-s of the 20th century. Old English Yards Chambers Addres: Moscow, Varvarka str., 4a Phones: (095) 298-3952, 298-3961 -= 2 =- It Has Been Lately, It Had Been Long Ago The State Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia invites you to the exhibition "It Has Been Lately, It Had Been Long Ago". At the exhibition here are numerous things from the 20th century, everyday stuff - bank bills, gymnasia pupils' diaries, books on the three Russian revolutions, photos on the sports development in pre-Revolutionary Russia, documents of pace-makers, letters from the front, files on people who were subject to repression in 1930-s. The exhibition also represents such rare exhibits as bride's dowry of the beginning of the 20th century, the lamp symbolizing formation of the USSR, and some others… The last part of the exhibition represents materials on contrterrorist operations of the governmental troops in Chechnya. State Museum of Contemporary Russian History Addres: Moscow, 21, Tverskaya Street Direction: Metro Stations: Pushkinskaya, Tverskaya, Chekhovskaya Phones: (095) 299-5458, 299-6724 E-mail: [email protected] -= 3 =- Photo Exhibition "Bumblebee's Look" Photo Center on Gogolevsky Boulevard represents the exhibition of photo works by Vladimir Lagrange "Bumblebee's Look". Lagrange's photographs show us that nobody ever given such credence to the nature. Colour, light, music and smell - all this is in the waves of colour gradations, petals' movements, pulsing fibres. He is not interested in a flower itself, but its colour, architectonics and sounding are important for him. He can easily watch and take pictures of a bud during several hours. These photos are easy way to relax and have a rest. Association "Photocentre" Addres: Moscow, 8, Gogolevsky b. Phones: (095) 290-6996, 291-8602 E-mail: [email protected] -= 4 =- The World of Russian Remote Place RusArt Gallery invites you to visit the personal exhibition of works by artist Nikolai Nikolaevich Nasedkin. In his creative work Nasedkin enters the world of Russian remote place. He finds wonderful images for his drawings and canvases where light and darkness, good and evil, poorness and spiritual richness live together. Nasedkin's works are in collections of many museums including the State Tretyakov Gallery and the State Russian Museum. RusArt Gallery Addres: Moscow, 38/1 Frunzenskaya Nab Phones: (095) 242-8070 URL: http://www.rusarta.com E-mail: [email protected] -= 5 =- Exhibitions in the Folk Crafts Fund The Folk Crafts Fund of Russian Federation invites you to the exhibitions "Maslenitsa-Obedukha" and "Russian Troika". The exhibition "Maslenitsa-Obedukha" represents goods of amateur and folk arts connected in different ways with Maslenitsa. The exhibition "Russian Troika" is a unique one: it represents various arts and crafts goods dedicated to a horse theme. Fund of Vernacular Arts of the Russian Federation Addres: 7, Leontievskij str., Moscow, Phones: (095) 291-9563 -= 6 =- 200-year Birthday of Pavel Voinovich Naschokin The exhibition "Pushkin's Friend - Naschokin" was opened in the Green Hall of the All-Russian Pushkin Museum. It was organized by the All-Russian Pushkin Museum together with Moscow Gallery "Naschokin's House". The exhibition is dedicated to the 200-year birthday of P.V.Naschokin. The exhibition represents portraits of Naschokin's circle, his personal things and correspondence taken from the largest museums and archives of Moscow and Saint Petersburg. The National Pushkin Museum Addres: Saint-Peterburg, 12, Moyka Nabarezhnaya Direction: From Metro st. "Nevsky Prospekt", take any bus, tram or trolleybus to the stop called 'Griboyedov Canal' Phones: (812) 311-3531 URL: www.museumpushkin.ru E-mail: [email protected] -= 7 =- Exhibition and Competition in Rumiantsevs Mansion The exhibition and competition of works in dry pastel technique by contemporary artists from Saint Petersburg was opened in the State Museum of History of Saint Petersburg. 35 best works will be chosen during the competition. These works will be represented on the International Festival Eeropastel in Italy in October, 2002. The exhibition takes place in five halls of the Rumiantsev's Mansion on English Embankment. The Rumiantsev Palace. Exhibition "Leningrad during the reat Patriotic War" Addres: Saint-Peterburg, 44, English Embankment Direction: "Nevski prospekt" metro station Phones: (812) 210-9065, 311-7544 -= 8 =- "Saint Petersburg Children" in Anna Akhmatova Museum The Museum of Anna Akhmatova in the Fountain House invites you to the exhibition "Saint Petersburg Children" (Photographs, posters, toys, board games) from the collections of Saint Petersburg museums. The exposition represents photographs printed from negatives of 1900-1990s. About a hundred of pictures recreate the world of Saint Petersburg and Leningrad children covering the whole century; they show charitable New Year's parties, boarding schools and pioneer centers, lessons in gymnasia and Soviet schools, amateur performances and sports competitions, detachments of young defenders of Leningrad and day nursery in Kazansky Cathedral in 1942. Museum of Anna Akhmatova in Fountain House Addres: Saint-Peterburg, 34, Fontanka emb.; 53, Liteyny Prospect Phones: (812) 272-2211 URL: http://www.artexpocom.spb.ru/Akhmatova/ E-mail: [email protected] -= 9 =- Science and Culture of Saint Petersburg in the 18th Century Rather unusual exposition "Science and Culture of Saint Petersburg in the 18th Century" is to open in the Exhibition Hall of the Museum "Vyborg ". Not leaving Vyborg Castle, visitors can easily visit Kunstkamera and Lovonosov Museum (it is possible because of the reconstruction of Lomonosov Museum: exhibits were taken away from Saint Petersburg and now are situated in Vyborg Castle). At the present moment the exhibition "Idols, Geniuses, Heroes" from the collection of the Museum of Urban Sculpture takes place in Vyborg Castle. The exhibition tells us about famous sculptors and architects and about their works. Vyborg Museum of Regional Studies Addres: Leningrad region, Vyborg, Vyborg Castle Phones: (1278) 2-1515, 2-5186 E-mail: [email protected] -= 10 =- Exhibition "Russian Emperors" in Vladimir More than 200 reliquiae of history of Russian State have temporarily moved from the Moscow Red Square to Vladimir. The Cultural and Education Center "Palaty" of Vladimir and Suzdal Museum and Reserve represents the exhibition "Russian Emperors" from the collection of the State Historical Museum. The exhibition shows not only personal belongings of Russians rulers, it also tells us about Russia, that "we all have lost", about the power and nobility of spirit of the best people of the nation. The Vladimir-Suzdal Historical, Architectural and Art Museum Complex Addres: Vladimir region, 43 Bolshaya Moskovskaya Ulitsa, Vladimir Direction: From the train station or the central bus station, take the no 5 trolleybus to the stop 'Sobornaya Ploshad' Phones: (80922) 32-2515, 32-4263 URL: www.museum.vladimir.ru E-mail: [email protected] -= 11 =- Photographer to the Tsar: Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii The photographs of Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) offer a vivid portrait of a lost world--the Russian Empire on the eve of World War I and the coming revolution. His subjects ranged from the medieval churches and monasteries of old Russia, to the railroads and factories of an emerging industrial power, to the daily life and work of Russia's diverse population. In the early 1900s Prokudin-Gorskii formulated an ambitious plan for a photographic survey of the Russian Empire that won the support of Tsar Nicholas II. Between 1909-1912, and again in 1915, he completed surveys of eleven regions, traveling in a specially equipped railroad car provided by the Ministry of Transportation. Prokudin-Gorskii left Russia in 1918, going first to Norway and England before settling in France. By then, the tsar and his family had been murdered and the empire that Prokudin-Gorskii so carefully documented had been destroyed. His unique images of Russia on the eve of revolution--recorded on glass plates--were purchased by the Library of Congress in 1948 from his heirs. For this exhibition, the glass plates have been scanned and, through an innovative process known as digichromatography, brilliant color images have been produced. This exhibition features a sampling of Prokudin-Gorskii's historic images produced through the new process; the digital technology that makes these superior color prints possible; and celebrates the fact that for the first time many of these wonderful images are available to the public http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/. ______________________________________________________ For use of any material of the Russian Culture News edition the reference to resource (Russian Cultural Heritage Network http://www.museum.ru) is imperatively needed. ______________________________________________________ Materials: send to [email protected] or by fax (7-095)135-3385 Subscription: empty message to [email protected] to unsubscribe to send the same to [email protected] Contacts: E-Mail: [email protected] phone/fax: (7-095)135-3385 http://www.museum.ru Copyright: http://www.rchn.org.ru/copyright.htm ______________________________________________________ (ń) All rights reserved.1997-2002. 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