The public exhibition “Crosses” was presented in January 2013 at the Museum of Modern Art Erarta.
The first exhibition of the “Crosses” project was open Dec 15 in the detention center “Crosses” for prisoners and prison staff.
19.10.2012 – 11.11.2012
Meditation about virtue of solitude.
“Alexandra Fedorova has already shown to the St. Petersburg audience seriesof paintings devoted to architectural monuments and the ancient culture of the East in overall in the art galleries and in the spaces of scientific institutions. Current exhibition of a brave adventurer is the resultof her deepest interest in the culture of Buddhism: represented artworks were created in different periods of time and were based on different sources of inspiration. The artworks, that are on display in the Museum of Modern Art of SPSU (paintings on canvas and black-and-white photographs (bromine-silver print), depict ancient Buddhist monasteries,that were major educational centers of that time, and gain a very unique meaning in the space of the St.Petersburg State University.
A number of works is dedicated to the monastic universities of Ancient and Medieval India.Those represent two of the earliest cave monastery in Maharashtra: the Bhaja Caves and the KanheriCaves, as well as Nalanda University in Bihar and medieval monastery – university Ratnagiri inOrissa. Two paintings depict the ancient library at Angkor (Cambodia).
Three paintings form a unique series and depict sacred bronze figures from the collection ofAshmolean Museum (Oxford): Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion and Kadam – a type of stupa, that was done by Master Atisa, who reintroducedpure Buddhism in Tibet.
The works by Alexandra Fedorova made with love, care and devoted attention show us a continuity of traditions and succession of universal memory outside the culture boundaries”. Andrey Khlobystin.
In any questions please contact the organizers of the exhibition:
Olga Osterberg (Art Club D-137)
Artem Magalashvili (curator)
The festival of contemporary art, “Napoleon, 12. Art Anfas. Art Practice” and the restaurant “Severianin” on June 7 made
Sergeev Sergey
the literary and musical evening, which sounded French music and poetry, and a well-known music critic and journalist Artem Troitsky shared their thoughts about the French culture and personality of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Art Club D137 attended the presentation of the novel by Mikhail Trofimenkov “Kill Paris” – a novel brilliant, recommend all!
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Sergeev Sergey – “Inside and Outside”
(painting, metal painting, graphic art)
Music by: NC (I.Verichev V.Alakhov)
“In this project Sergey Sergeev expresses spatial realization of subjective time. He is interested in the interaction of modern inner identification and past states going outside our perception. Modern conscious personality is like a Russian doll hiding numerous layers of past – periods of time underlined by our memory. Continue reading
Grigory Yuschenko “Skull Scabies”
Devoted to the 25th anniversary of the artist, the exhibition includes new works as well as the famous series ‘Magic Psychedelic Police’ /Volshebnaya psikhodelicheskaya militsiya’/, which was nominated for the Kandinsky Prize in 2010. ‘Magic Psychedelic Police’ was shown in several cities of Russia, but not yet in Saint Petersburg. Continue reading