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Current exhibitions«Jean-Marc Bustamante’s personal exhibition»February 3 - March 28, 2010 Jean-Marc Bustamante has become a leader of the so-called “plastic photography” trend that has caused a revolution in art over the last two decades. Since the late 1970-s, Bustamante has been offering his photography to the audience as a very specific form of painting, and than he broadened the horizons of his artistic search by involving sculpture and painting, as well as conceptual installations. The project presented in the Cultural Foundation “EKATERINA” is the first Bustamante’s retrospective. The exhibition demonstrates his creative evolution to the full extent, including both photography dating back to late 1970-s and his most recent paintings on Plexiglas. Due to its chronological structure and the crossing of various motives, names, colors and materials, the exhibition gives the audience a unique chance to feel and reconstruct the relations between photography, sculpture, and painting. The project has been carried out as part of the program “Year of Russia and France, 2010”, under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture (Russian Federation) and the Embassy of France in the Russian Federation. Past exhibitions«A Feast of Wonders: Sergey Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes» To The 100 Anniversary of «Russian Ballets» in ParisOctober 28, 2009 – January 31, 2010 “A Feast of Wonders” was a large-scale international project devoted to the famous “Russian Ballets”- Sergey Diaghilev’s theatrical enterprise. The unique exposition presented in Moscow till January 31, included more than 500 masterpieces by famous Russian and French painters of the XX century: L. Bakst, A. Benois, N. Goncharova, M. Larionov, G. Braque, H. Matisse and the others. In accordance with Diaghilev’s ballet programs, the exposition had several thematic sections devoted to classical ballet, oriental trends, the Russian theme, and avant-garde productions. Many of the works provided by private owners from different countries were shown in Russia for the first time. The exhibition project was realized by the Ñultural Foundation “EKATERINA” in cooperation with the New National Museum of Monaco and with the participation of the State Tretyakov Gallery. Place: The State Tretyakov Gallery at 10, Krymsky Val, halls ¹ 60–61
“Persona. Image. Time. Human Representation in Art: from Modernism to the Present-day”September 18 – December 13, 2009 The exhibition was structured both thematically and chronologically. It was divided into three major parts: Russian art of the late 19th — early 20th centuries, Russian art from 1917 to 1985, and Russian and Western art from the mid-1980s to 2008. There were several themes in each period, dedicated to particular trends and shown the changes in the artistic approach to interpreting the image of man during a certain era: From Academic Art to Modernism, From Avant-garde to Soviet Art, Other Art, Image of Man in the Era of Mass Media and Globalization.
“Wonder World. Expecting a Restless Future” September 22 - October 25, 2009 In these times of economic instability and existential uncertainty, of ever increasing tempo, of virtual spaces and ephemeral relationships, is it still possible to imagine a better world? The pursuit of happiness, as sole raison d’etre, appears to be confined within the perpetual extension of the present in which everything happens and is frittered away to exorcize the fear of the future. In such a context only what seems to be quite exceptional, even incredible, is really worth being taken into consideration… The exhibition is a part of special projects program of the 3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art.
“Etonne moi!” Sergey Diaghilev and Russian Ballet Seasons” (Monaco) July 9 – September 30, 2009 On July 8, 2009 the exhibition named “Etonne moi!” Sergey Diaghilev and Russian Ballet Seasons” opened in the Principality of Monaco. The exposition consisted of more than 200 items belonging to international state and private collections to include scenery designs, paintings and drawings, as well as scenery models and more than 20 original costumes. The exhibition presented the works by such masters as Leon Bakst, Alexander Benois, Natalia Goncharova, Mikhail Larionov, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and George Braque. The project devoted to the 100 anniversary of Sergey Diaghilev’s Russian Ballet Seasons was organized by the Ñultural Foundation “EKATERINA” in cooperation with the New National Museum of Monaco and with the participation of the State Tretyakov Gallery.His Serene Highness The Sovereign Prince of Monaco Albert II and Her Royal Highness Princess of Hanover Caroline, Hereditary Princess of Monaco, took part in the opening ceremony.
David Lynch “The Air is on Fire” April 11 - July 12, 2009 Presented by the “EKATERINA” Cultural Foundation and the Moscow House of Photography "The Air is on Fire" was the largest exhibition devoted to David Lynch as a visual artist. Originally exhibited at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain in Paris in 2007, it explored the multiple facets of his work, bringing together paintings, photographs, drawings, lithographs, experimental films, and sound created since 1960. This exhibition offered an exceptional occasion to discover and to revisit his art. It offered a unique insight into his creative process and invited viewers to delve deep into a fascinating and dizzying creative universe.
A book by Erik Bulatov has come out
The 75-year old painter continues his creative work with great vigour. His book was named after the recent large painting by Bulatov most impressive for its conceptual interpretation. The book includes Bulatov’s own articles and interviews from different years, which were published in separate catalogs before and now are creatively recasted by the author, autobiographical texts, as well as unpublished speeches and articles. In the book the painter writes about himself, his creative credo, classical Western and Russian art, as well as contemporary art and his place in it. The project was realized by the cultural institution “Artist. Producer. Theatre” Publishing House with the support of the “EKATERINA” Cultural Foundation.
The Long Night of Museums: “The Air is On Fire” by David Lynch. On May 16 the “EKATERINA” Cultural Foundation took part in the international cultural event Long Night of Museums, and the exhibition halls were open till 12 p.m. It was a unique opportunity to visit the exhibition “The Air is On Fire” by David Lynch that night. The spirit and the content of the legendary mystic’s art are perfectly in keeping with a night show. Traveling through the labyrinth of David Lynch’s fantasy with the swaying curtains and alarming sound-tracks (created by the artist himself) it is difficult to withstand the captivity of intriguing surrealistic images of brilliantly transformed reality. This sensation is exactly what is most appreciated in Lynch’s art worldwide. At the exhibition Lynch performs as a producer of his own inner life. You will learn a lot about the famous producer and artist, his realm of sensuous images and feelings as well as the sources of inspiration in his life. Behind the pictures of ominous, violent, inconceivable world there is something that helps to reach enlightenment similar to awakening from a nightmarish sleep
The photo art exhibition “Impressions…” by Sergey Yastrzhembskiy March 14 – April 5 2009 The “EKATERINA” Cultural Foundation, the Moscow House of Photography and the “Geo-Photo” National Photo Archives with the support of the “National Standard” Bank presented the photo art exhibition “Impressions…” by Sergey Yastrzhembskiy. Less then a year ago Sergey Yastrzhembskiy left the posts of the Russian President’s aide and Special Representative for relations with the EU to devote himself to his favourite occupation - photography. For 20 years photography has been his hobby, but now it has become the meaning of his life. The exhibition at the “EKATERINA” Cultural Foundation combined three series of large-size photographs created by Sergey Yastrzhembskiy during several last years. The photos demonstrate the same technique; all of them were made at the height of several hundred meters above the Earth.
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On May 25 the “EKATERINA” Cultural Foundation hosted the presentation of Erik Bulatov’s book “I Live On”.