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Opening at the RA
in February 2017
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Revolution: Russian Art 1917-1932
We're delighted to announce our major spring
exhibition, opening at the Royal Academy in February 2017. Marking
the centenary of the Russian Revolution, it will chart the formative
years of Soviet Russia through its diverse and brilliantly original
art.
Beginning with the year of the Revolution, we will examine an era of
unprecedented artistic innovation, optimism and imagination – one which
came to an abrupt and brutal end in 1932 with Stalin’s suppression of
the avant-garde.
From pioneers of abstraction such as Kandinsky and Malevich to the
highly individual work of Chagall and the less familiar Petrov-Vodkin,
this survey is the first to encompass the entire artistic landscape of
post-revolutionary Russia.
Revolution: Russian Art 1917-1932 will
bring together painting, photography, sculpture, film-making and
graphic design, as well as everyday objects designed for a brave new
world of industry and progress. From utopian dreams to harsh reality,
these works vividly tell the fascinating and often tragic story of
their age.
Opens 11 February 2017. Friends of the RA
go free.
Supported by
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Image: Boris
Mikailovich Kustodiev, Bolshevik
(detail), 1920. Oil on canvas, 101 x 140.5 cm. State Tretyakov Gallery.
Photo © State Tretyakov Gallery; Andrey Golubev, Red spinner, 1930, Cotton Print,
direct printing Chintz, 17.5 x 27 cm, The Burilin Ivanovo Museum of Local
History, Photo © Provided with assistance from the State Museum and
Exhibition Center ROSIZO; Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Fantasy, 1925. Oil on canvas, 50 x 64.5 cm. State
Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. Photo © 2016, State Russian Museum, St.
Petersburg.
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