New exhibition "Staging the Ukrainian Avant-Garde of the 1910s and 1920s" in New York City

Apologies for the duplication (it was one of the exhibitions listed in a
recent post by Ksenia Nouril), but several people on the Shera list asked me
about the new exhibition Staging the Ukrainian Avant-Garde of the 1910s and
1920s, so I am submitting a dedicated announcement.

 

Staging the Ukrainian Avant-Garde showcases 125 original art works for the
theater by 13 artists, many who were exiled or executed during the Stalinist
purges of the 1930s for their perceived political beliefs. The exhibition
comprises 142 objects on loan from the collection of the Museum of Theater,
Music, and Cinema Arts of Ukraine in Kyiv, including art works on paper of
costume, set, and makeup design, photographs, and original posters.
Avant-garde Ukrainian theater design of the early 20th century-with its
constructivist sets and energetic Futurist ballet costumes that totally
transformed the theatrical space-tells the story of a generation that
engendered innovation, entrepreneurship, and, to a large extent, social
engagement with contemporary issues. 

 

See the magnificent and colorful works by Cubo-Futurist painter Alexandra
Exter; Vadym Meller, who shaped the distinct modernist theatrical landscape
of theater in Ukraine; the singularly rich compositions of Anatol Petrytsky,
whose works reflected Ukraine's own popular culture, traditions, and
customs; and other leading artists of the early 20th century such as Borys
Kosarev, Marko Epshtein, and Oleksandr Khvostenko-Khvostov.

 

A full color illustrated, bi-lingual (English and Ukrainian), 276-page,
softcover catalogue accompanies Staging the Ukrainian Avant-Garde of the
1910s and 1920s. The publication features critical essays by consultative
curators Myroslava Mudrak, Professor Emerita, The Ohio State University,
Department of History of Art, and Tetiana Rudenko, Chief Curator of the
Museum of Theater, Music, and Cinema Arts of Ukraine in Kyiv. It includes
contributions by these acknowledged experts: Nicoletta Misler, Professor of
Russian and East European Art at the Istituto Universitario Orientale,
Naples (University of Naples); John E. Bowlt, Professor, Department of
Slavic Languages at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles,
Director of the Institute of Modern Russian Culture, and specialist in the
history of modern Russian art; Valentyna Chechyk, Professor, Department of
Art History and Theory at Kharkiv State Academy of Art and Design (Ukraine);
Hanna Veselovska, Professor at the Department of Theater Theory and
Criticism, the Karpenko-Karyi National University of Theater, Cinema, and
Television in Kyiv; Mayhill Fowler, Stetson University, Department of
History, specializing in the cultural history of Russia, Ukraine, and
Eastern Europe.

 

http://www.ukrainianmuseum.org/shop/display.php?
<http://www.ukrainianmuseum.org/shop/display.php?&psku=68-6821&mode=sp>
&psku=68-6821&mode=sp

 

Staging the Ukrainian Avant-Garde of the 1910s and 1920s is on display
February 15-September 13, 2015.

 

More information online:

http://www.ukrainianmuseum.org/ex_150207avantgarde.html

 

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Visitor information:

http://www.ukrainianmuseum.org/visit.html

 

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Hanya Krill

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