Exhibition of Lazar Khidekel, Suprematism, and the Russian Avant-Garde opening 21 April in NYC
Margaret Samu <[email protected]>
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Floating Worlds and Future Cities: The Genius of Lazar Khidekel, Suprematism, and the Russian Avant-Garde**** **** *SUNDAY 21 APRIL 2013 | 3:00PM***** **** *SYMPOSIUM, EXHIBITION OPENING & RECEPTION* “Floating Worlds and Future Cities" will present the comprehensive exhibition in the**** United States of the work of the great Russian Avant-garde artist, architect, designer and**** theoretician, Lazar Khidekel (1904-1986). Khidekel worked closely with both Marc Chagall and**** Kazimir Malevich in Vitbesk in the years 1918-1922, where he became an important**** proponent and theoretician of the avant-garde movement known as Suprematism and a**** founding member of Unovis group (Affirmers of New Art), which included other notable**** Russian and Jewish artists such as Kazimir Malevich, El Lissitsky, Nina Kogan and Ilya**** Chashnik. This exhibition and accompanying symposium will explore Khidekel’s **** biography and work, the Jewish contribution to the Russian avant-garde, and the**** glory of Vitebsk, the Paris of the East, as it was known during this period, and focusing on**** Khidekel's role in the transition of Suprematism from painting to architecture, cosmic**** urbanization, and radical yet environmentally conscious city planning of the future.**** Curated by Dr. Regina Khidekel the exhibition will include paintings, drawings,**** period photographs, UNOVIS documents, publications and letters drawn from the Khidekel**** Family Archive, and architectural models.**** Works of Lazar Khidekel were shown in the US, Europe and Russia, including solo exhibitions**** in Magnes Museum in Berkeley, 2004 and in Haus Konstruktiv andThe Leuenhof, Zurich, 2010-2012.**** **** *3:00pm Symposium* **** Dr. Jonathan Brent, director YIVO Institute,**** Opening remarks**** Dr. Maria Kokkori. Research Fellow The Art Institute of Chicago**** Khidekel and Malevich’s teaching philosophy and Vitebsk art school.**** Ginés Garrido**** Graduate School of DesignHarvard University.**** Lazar Khidekel in the cosmos.Anti-gravity urban visions for a new world.**** Dr. Regina Khidekel, President Lazar Khidekel Society**** Khidekel, Malevich and Vitebsk Jewish Heritage**** Professor Constantine Boym, designer**** >From the Spoon to the City** *5:00pm Exhibition Opening & Reception* *Free of charge***** *The exhibition on view through April 21 - June 30, 2013***** YIVO Institute for Jewish Research**** 15 West 16 Street**** New York, NY 10011**** **** More about Lazar Khidekel works: www.lazarkhidekel.com, **** Lazar Khidekel Society: http://russianamericanculture.com/Mission.php**** *You can contact us at: *[email protected]* or 646-831-0554* http://rbth.ru/culture_calendar/2013/03/26/lazar_khidekel_exhibition_in_new_york_24295.html _______________________________________________ Shera mailing list [email protected] http://lists.oakland.edu/mailman/listinfo/shera