The Russian Concept documentary screening at Zimmerli Art Museum

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Zimmerli Art Museum
Zimmerli Art Museum presents The Russian Concept: Reflections on Russian Nonconformist Art
A documentary film by Igor Sopronenko
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Zimmerli Art Museum
Rutgers University,
71 Hamilton Street,
New Brunswick, New Jersey
08901,
732.932.7237

http://www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu

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The Zimmerli Art Museum presents a film on its collection of Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union. This documentary, produced and directed by Igor Sopronenko, explores art that was created in resistance to the government-imposed style of Socialist Realism from the 1950s to the 1980s. The film tells the fascinating story of art collector Norton Dodge, who was on a quest to preserve forbidden forms of art which explored creative possibilities under a repressive regime. Thanks to Mr. Dodge, the Zimmerli now holds the largest and most comprehensive collection of Soviet underground art in the world. The film presents video interviews with some of the key underground artists who now live in the United States, including Vitaly Komar, Aleksander Kosolapov, Leonid Sokov, Vagrich Bakhchanyan, Oleg Vassiliev, Leonid Lamm, and Victor Skersis. The film also features interviews with leading scholars and curators in the field, including Jane Sharp, Mary Nicholas, Gerald Janecek , Alla Rosenfeld, and Andrei Erofeev.

The film is followed by a roundtable discussion on nonconformist and contemporary Russian art, and issues of freedom and censorship. The participants include film director Igor Sopronenko, artists Vitaly Komar and Victor Skersis. The moderator is Jane Sharp, research curator of the Dodge Collection.

Outline of the event:
5:30 - 6:15pm Reception
6:15 - 6:20pm Introduction
6:20 - 7:20pm Film screening
7:20 - 8:00pm Roundtable discussion

Parking: Free parking is available immediately behind the museum (LOT#16) and in the Kirkpatrick Chapel lot across from the Zimmerli (entrance is located at the corner of George and Somerset Streets - LOT #1). Additional parking can also be found in the parking lot near the corner of Mine Street and College Avenue (entrance is located on College Avenue - LOT #8).


Special arrangements: Bus from NYC and back. Bus leaves at 4:00pm from Penn Station, NY (by the green awning: 31st Street between 7th & 8th Avenues).

Return trip: bus leaves at 8:15pm from Zimmerli Art Museum.

Fee is 15 USD per person with advance reservations (http://www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu/file/Credit_card_payment_form_for_11-10-10.pdf); 20 USD on location if space is available.

This program is supported by the Avenir Foundation Endowment Fund.



Irene Rybalsky
Administrative Assistant
Department of Russian & Soviet Nonconformist Art
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli  Art Museum
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
71 Hamilton Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
phone 732.732.932.7237 ext. 651

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