Annual spring exhibition
at the exhibition center of the
Union of Artists
38, Bolshaya Morskaya Str., St.
Petersburg, Russia
From March 31 until April 23, 2005
Spring
2005 did breathe some extraordinary life in the St. Petersburg art
scene.
The reason of this
hectic activity is the the 60th anniversary of the great russian
historical revival of its victory in the great patriotic war.
The Union of
Artists has opened again its art spring exhibition of
their union members, which is a regular important event on the cultural
scene of the city.
This exhibition is placed in a surpassingly huge space - there are 8
rooms for
more than 1400 works. All sections of
art are presented (paintings, graphic arts, sculptures, applied arts,
photos). Also the
works of modern artists and
veteran artists are shown.
There are works of such well
known artists that represent the realistic soviet school of painting
and
graphic: for example Lija Ostrova, I.Varichev, Trufanov, Boris Smirnov,
and many others
Boris Smirnov's works occupy one
entire room - a memorial exposition indeed.
He is presented not only as a
graphic but
also as a photo artist.
This
exhibition defines the general level of art and leading tendencies in
St.
Petersburg at the moment.
The
display of individual virtuosity becomes an important criterion of
artistic
achievement. It is very noticably lately that
the art has been influenced by the renaissance style.
It is possible to note, that artists draw attention to
cleanliness of line, perfect
silhouette, construction of a
composition.
At this exhibition it is obvious
that the tendencies of impressionism in painting already have become a
rarity. However the works of the "younger" generation of artists which
continue the
school of Soviet impressionism are presented as well, i.e.Nabatov,
Scherbakov and others.
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