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Curator – Yevgeniy Orlov.
April 26 – May 25, opening at 4 p. m.
Exhibition dedicated to the 10th anniversary of The "Nuance" Group
(Victor Bogorad, Leonid Melnik and Vyacheslav Shilov).
The "NUANCE" Group was formed in St Petersburg in the beginning of 1997 and consists of three caricaturists. These are Victor Bogorad, Leonid Melnik and Vyacheslav Shilov. The basis of the group's formation is the principle of professionalism and solidarity, which has helped its members during all these years to hold united exhibitions of caricature, to issue books and to realize other joint humourous projects (detailed information about the group can be found on the web site http://www.cartoon.spb.ru).
April 26, 4 p. m.
Presentation of the book-album
"TEII. From Leningrad to St Petersburg.
The "Unofficial" Art. 1981 – 1991"
(The Museum of Nonconformist Art,
authors-compilers S. Kovalskiy, Ye. Orlov, Yu. Rybakov /
SPb, LLC "The "DEAN" Arts Publishing House", 2007).
Show of the film "Boris Koshelokhov. Two Highways"
(film by Alexander Markov and Nick Teplov. St Petersburg, 2008).
April 28, 29 (Monday, Tuesday) from 2 till 7 p. m.
The conference "Nonconformism: the Borders of Meaning.
Approaches to Exploring Leningrad Experimental Fine Arts of the 50s – 90s"
(with the participation of the leading arts critics,
teachers from St Petersburg higher educational establishments).
May 3, 10, and 17 (on Saturdays)
3 – 5 p. m.
"Arts Critics' Discourse in the Space of Nonconformism"
(students' seminars at the exposition of the exhibition "Gallery of the TEII",
conducted by the arts critic, teacher of The St Petersburg State
University of Culture and Arts Natalya Reginskaya).
5 – 7 p. m.
Show of films from the video archive of "Pushkinskaya-10".
April 27, 4 p. m.
The literary bulletin "The Act"
(a poetical evening).
Curator – Tamara Bukovskaya.
The "Cinemateque" Programme
(curator – Leonid Tsytkin).
Good cinema. A lecture takes place before each show.
Beginning at 6.45 p. m. on Fridays.
"EUROPEANS IN HOLLYWOOD."
April 4 – "Detour", directed by E. G. Ulmer, 1945.
April 11 – "Written on the Wind", directed by D. Sirk, 1956.
April 18 – "Taking Off", directed by M. Forman, 1971.
April 26 – May 25, opening at 5 p. m.
Yuliya Bezshtanko,
"Moving towards the Black",
graphic arts, photography, objects, installation.
Curator – Anna Pushina.
The exhibition project "Movement towards the Black" presents the work of a young author, the artist Yuliya Bezshtanko. Having received an academical school of education (The St Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy, The Department of Set Design and Stage Technology), Bezshtanko freely works with various forms and genres of art, quite well fitting in the sphere of the so-called "contemporary art". The courage of the experiment in dealing with various materials and techniques, the imagery and conceptualness of the artistic thinking, the skill in working with space and, as a whole, – the polystylism and synthesis that reside in Bezshtanko undoubtedly show the author's nature of a theatre artist. But at the same time all this results in an opportunity to present the work of Yuliya Bezshtanko as the work of a bright contemporary artist.
In the exposition 3 series of works, that are conceptually united into one artistic space, are presented. ...
