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From classical to avant-garde

An art exhibition in two parts at

H Old Vicarageand

Stavanger Art Museum

2012


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Background

From 2006-2010 Hmunicipality and HOld Vicarage organized the manyyears long project Dusj v dsju. Friendly. Commercial and culturalrelationships between Rogaland and Russia.The project was supportedby The County of Rogaland (RUP Regional programme of development)and Sr-bank.

The aim of the project was to develop knowledge about the relationshipbetween South West Norway and Russia during the period 900 2010 andto strengthen contacts in the fields of commerce, education, culture andsocial relationships. The projects main part was a larger cultural historicexhibit ion under the heading From Viking Voyages to Oil Drums.

As to further develop the knowledge about Russia in our region and tostrengthen the relationship between Rogaland and Russia HOld Vicarage

and Stavanger Art Museum would like to carry out a larger art project.


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The exhibition From Viking Raids to Oil BarrelsH Old Vicarage in 2009


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The exhibition From Viking Raids to Oil Barrels


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The exhibition From Viking Raids to Oil Barrels


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Let Us Gather the Great Harvest. Exhibition of Russian Posters

from the 1950-60ties, H Old Vicarage in 2007


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The seminar The new vodka with contributions by the famous Russian authorsMikhail Shishkin and Victor Erofeev. Kapittel - Stavanger International Festival ofLiterature and Freedom of Speech and HOld Vicarage in 2010


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Exhibition theme and organization

Some of the main characteristics of Russian art since the late 1800s havebeen a willingness to experiment and a willingness to communicate with awider audience. These characteristics are reflected in different styles and-isms that also show the turbulent changes that the Russian society hasundergone.

The exhibition project that will appear at the Stavanger Art Museum andH Old Vicarage and will be divided into three different periods / themesthat will let a Norwegian audience be aware of Russia's diverse art istic andpolitical history :

1. From classicism to Realism

2. Mir Iskusstva and Sergei Diaghilev

3. The Russian avant-garde


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The artworks presented in this

powerpoint is ment to illustrate what kind

of exhibits we would like to show.


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Ilja Repin: Religious Procession in Kursk Province, 1880-83


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Ilja Repin: Tolstoy Ploughing, 1887.


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I.N. Kramskoj: Portrait of an Unknown Woman,1883.

I.Kramskoj: Leo Tolstoy, 1873.


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Isaak Levitan:Autumn Day, Sokolniki, 1879.Birch Forest,1885-89.Evening Bells,1892.


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Nikolaj Rerikh: Evening, 1940.


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Leo Bakst:Nijinsky as faunin the Ballet Afternoon of a Faun


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Valentin Serov: The Rapeof Europa, 1910.

Valentin Serov: Portrait ofIda Rubenstein, 1910.


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Ivan Bilibin:

Koshchey The Immortal, 1901Prince Ivan and The Firebird, 1899.


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Stavanger Art Museum would like to display an exhibition

revolving/based on/ focusing around the theme :

Art to The People!An exhibition with works by the Russian avant-garde.

Through posters, photographs, film, book design etcthe exhibition will, among other things, focus on thenon-traditional and experimental use of traditionalmedia in the 1920s and 1930s - a use that has hadenormous influence in the Western world.


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Rodchenko: Construction no.108, 1920

Rodchenko: SuprematistComposition, 1918

Popova: PainterlyArchitectonic, 1916


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Popova: Textil design and fabric samples,

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Stepanova: Textil design, 1923


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Rodchenko: Chauffeur, 1933

Rodchenko: VladimirMayakovsky, 1924

Rodchenko: Girl with a Leica, 1934


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Magazine covers and a poster by Rodchenko


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Rodchenko: Lengiz! Books in all sectors of knowledge, 1925

There are many was to take advantage of someone else's design..

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