"Nel Modo Russico" Exhibition
Ten43 Gallery
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“I should have gone mad but for music.” - Pytor Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Erarta at Ten43 Gallery is pleased to present Nel Modo Russico, Music-Inspired Russian Contemporary Art. This exhibition has been conceived as a visual presentation of the conceptual dialogue between music and art. Contemporary Russian artists have been driven by complicated feelings about the tumultuous changes in Russia’s recent past. Observing the pictures and sculptures in Nel Modo Russico, one senses many redoubtable tales, laments, and inspirations that brought these artists to create the music-themed works.
In much of the Twentieth Century, an era when Russian art was largely based on propaganda, many Russians turned to music as a source of renewal and artistic expression. Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 7, known as “The Leningrad Symphony”, premiered in March 1942 and was composed as a lament for the 900-day siege of Leningrad by Nazi forces. The siege is dramatized by one of the featured artists in this exhibition, Sergey Pasukhin, whose work “Ages of Man” contains nods to classic Russian conductors, operas, and history. The work also includes an ode to Tchaikovsky’s opera “Le Pique Dame” with the artist’s precarious placement of three playing cards. Artist Aleksey Morozov combines historical reference and music with his work “Swan Lake” that recalls the 1991 attempted coup d’état in the Soviet Union. At the time the state mandated the continuous broadcast of the Swan Lake ballet until the coup could be contained.
Russian ballet and classical music maintain an international prestige that is a source of pride for the people of Russia. A number of artists in Nel Modo Russico have constructed conceptual versions of classical instruments. Other artists like Sergey Yashin and Bakin chose to capture the ethereal beauty of the ballerina, a celebrated symbol of perfection within Russian culture.
The exhibition is cohesive in that each artist desires to showcase how music and art affect each other, a relationship integral in telling the story of Russia. Whether inspired by the opera, ballerina, or the emotional impact of Soviet rule, this exhibition of works by fifteen artists embodies a reverence for the music of Russia and the historical screenplay that inspires it.
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Schedule
from September 20, 2012 to November 03, 2012
Opening Reception on 2012-09-20 from 18:00 to 20:00