Screening of documentary on the Kabakovs on February 11

Dear members of the Listserv,

Amei Wallach, a journalist and Ilya Kabakov’s biographer, just completed a documentary about him and his wife, Emilia, which is going to be shown for the first time in New York on February 11.  Since many of you are going to be in the city for the CAA conference, you will have a chance to see the film.  All the information is below and if you would like to attend the screening, please RSVP to Amei directly at [email protected].

  THE NATIONAL ARTS CLUB SCREENS ILYA AND EMILIA KABAKOV: ENTER HERE
  Location: The National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South, NY, NY, 10003
  Time: 8:00pm to 10:00pm.
  Date: Wednesday, February 11 
  Website: http://www.nationalartsclub.org 
  Ticket Costs: Free

  The Film Committee of the National Arts Club is pleased to present a special screening of Amei Wallach's new documentary, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: ENTER HERE, on Wednesday, February 11 from 8:00pm to 10:00pm.

  Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: ENTER HERE is a double portrait in film of the lives and work of Russia's most celebrated international artists, now American citizens, as they come to terms with their global lives and the new Russia. Two decades after he fled the Soviet Union, Ilya Kabakov overcomes his fears to install six walk-through installations at venues, including the Pushkin Museum and at sites throughout Moscow, where he was once forbidden to exhibit his work. Amidst the cacophony of a city and nation in dizzying transition, he faces the memories that have formed who he is. Through the eyes, work, and stories of artists who experienced Stalin's tyranny, through the rich underground artistic community that existed during Brezhnev's stagnation, and the rootlessness of migration, the film bridges a major part of the 20th century into the 21st.

  At the film's emotional heart is a letter that Ilya Kabakov's mother wrote to him at age 80, detailing the everyday horrors of her life in post-Revolution Russia and afterwards. The letter emerges in the art, archival footage, and voice-over. With unparalleled access to the artists and to a global community of their friends and observers by acclaimed director Amei Wallach (Ilya Kabakov's first biographer), Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: ENTER HERE explores the ways in which art can outwit oppression, illuminate what comes next, and transcend its own time so it may resonate with represented societies today. The film is directed by Amei Wallach, edited by Ken Kobland, and co-produced by Kipjaz Savoie.

  The National Arts Club takes pride in presenting iconic artists and their works to a wide audience, fulfilling its mission to educate, engage, and enrich its circle of creative-minded individuals.

  A First Run Features Release, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: ENTER HERE will be screened on Wednesday, February 11 from 8:00pm to 10:00pm at the National Arts Club: 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003. For more information, call [email protected]





Natasha Kurchanova

SHERA President
www.shera-art.org

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