"Perstroika" film screening, and Soviet photography of the 80s exhibition tour and reception

Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers Presents
Perestroika, Photography, and Poetry

New Brunswick, NJ - Art After Hours returns on Wednesday, October 5, from 5 to 9 p.m., at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers, with a reception for the exhibition Cast Me Not Away: Soviet Photography in the 1980s from the Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection, a screening of the 2009 film Perestroika, and student poetry readings. Art After Hours is the popular evening social series held on First Wednesdays from September through July, inviting visitors to explore the galleries, as well as enjoy a variety of related entertainment. Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for adults over 65, and free for museum members, Rutgers students, faculty and staff (with ID), and children under 18.

An exhibition tour with Dr. Julia Tulovsky, Associate Curator for Russian and Soviet Nonconformist Art, begins in the lobby at 5:30 p.m., followed by a reception in the Lower Dodge Gallery from 6 to 6:30 p.m. Cast Me Not Away presents more than 50 photographs by 18 artists who captured life as it was for ordinary Soviet people during the 1980s, just prior to the downfall of the communist system. These images showcase universal themes of human existence such as childhood, love, family, and youth rebellion. The show's title is inspired by Vladimir Kupriyanov's Cast Me Not Away from Your Presence, a large-scale image of workers of varying demeanors on the threshold of a new, uncertain future. The exhibition is on view through November 13, 2011.

A screening of Perestroika begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Max Multipurpose Room. Shot on location in Moscow, the film tells the story of astrophysicist Sasha Greenberg who returns to his native Russia in 1992 after spending 17 years in exile. The entire society is in upheaval during the period of "Perestroika" (restructuring) and, in the midst of all the turmoil, Sasha is expected to deliver a theory that makes sense of our universe. A Q&A session with the film's director, Slava Tsukerman, follows the screening.


The Zimmerli Student Advisory Board will host a coffeehouse-style student poetry reading with an open mic in the Lower Dodge Gallery from 7 to 8:45 p.m. Email [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> to sign up; amateurs and professionals are welcome. Coffee and cookies will be served.
The Museum Store will feature new merchandise and 20% off all purchases. Café Z will remain open until 9 p.m. with sandwiches and snacks available for purchase.

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