Fwd: Jack of Diamonds: Disputes at The Courtauld, Friday 24 October and 7 November 2014

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Date: Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 8:55 AM
Subject: Jack of Diamonds: Disputes at The Courtauld, Friday 24 October and
7 November 2014
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*Jack of Diamonds: Disputes*

*Friday, 24 October and 7 November 2014*
*18.00, Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre, The Courtauld Institute of Art*

The *Jack of Diamonds Disputes* taking place on 24 October and 7 November
2014 will highlight the special display of paintings that will be hung in
The Courtauld Gallery from Thursday 18 September through to 12 January
2014. The Jack of Diamonds was an enormously influential Russian Artists’
Association based in Moscow and active from 1910-1917. Its large
exhibitions brought together the latest Western art from Paris, Munich and
elsewhere in confrontation with the latest innovative Russian art. One
result of this was to trigger a lively debate about Russian culture, and
whether it needs to pay any attention at all to Western precedents. This
issue of a culture split between East and West had existed since Peter the
Great founded St Petersburg as his window onto the West. The vast inventive
richness of French and German art before World War I had a great impact in
Russia, but also provoked a vigorous reaction. To accommodate these
powerful debates the Jack of Diamonds Artists' Association held a series of
lively debates that they billed as Disputes. We aim to acknowledge these
Disputes, by recreating their innovative arguments, acted out in character,
complete with audience participation.

*Dispute 1: Friday 24 October, 18.00*

18.00 – 18.20: Konstantin Akinsha as Russian Futurist David Burliuk

18.20 – 18.40: James Butterwick as Aristarkh Lentulov, a dynamic and
colourful painter in the Jack of Diamonds

18.40 – 19.00: Elena Sudakova will interrupt as the brilliant and assertive
Natalia Goncharova. There will be engagement with the audience.

*Dispute 2: Friday 7 November, 18.00     *

18.00 – 18.20: John Milner as the Futurist and neo-Primitive painter
Mikhail Larionov

18.20 – 18.40: Robin Milner-Gulland as the Futurist poet Velimir
Khlebnikov, the self-styled King of Time

18.40 – 19.00: Jordan Tobin as Natalia Goncharova will announce Russian
Futurist face and body painting. There will be engagement with the audience.

*Ticket/Entry details: Open to all, with **free gallery admission** prior
to the event.*

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Dr Maria Mileeva
CCRAC Co-Director / Early Career Lecturer
The Courtauld Institute of Art
Somerset House
Strand
London WC2R 0RN
Email: [email protected]

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