“Staging the Ukrainian Avant-Garde of the 1910s and 1920s” Exhibition
The Ukrainian Museum
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The Ukrainian Museum will present the first comprehensive exhibition showcasing avant-garde artists who shaped early 20th-century
Ukrainian theater and, ultimately, influenced the theatrical world stage. Staging the Ukrainian Avant-Garde of the 1910s and 1920s is organized by The Ukrainian Museum with guest 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.
The first of its kind outside Ukraine to feature important contributions to the theater arts in the 1910s and 1920s by modernist Ukrainian artists, the exhibition tells the story of an avant-garde that generated innovation, entrepreneurship, and, to a large extent, social engagement with contemporary issues. 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.
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Schedule
from February 15, 2015 to September 13, 2015