Postcards from artists Automatic translate

From November 24 to November 30, 2023, Pogodina Gallery will hold the traditional New Year’s exhibition “Postcards from Artists.” The exhibition will unfold in the space of the State Institute of Art History in Kozitsky Lane, Lobkova’s mansion, built at the end of the 18th century according to the design of the architect Matvey Kazakov and which survived the fire of 1812.

In 2023, Vera Pogodina’s curatorial project will take place for the sixteenth time. Over the years, the exhibition, once conceived as an intimate festive event, has transformed into large-scale museum-level exhibitions, which traditionally involve more than 100 artists.

The idea of ​​thematically combining the works of contemporary authors and at the same time reviving the tradition of small works that artists gave to their relatives and friends made it possible to update the genre of small-format graphics. This type of art gained popularity in the second half of the 19th century, when the role of illustration changed dramatically - it ceased to be completely subordinate to the text and acquired independent meaning. It was then, in the era of the heyday of art magazines, open letters and other types of applied graphics, that the greatest masters of that time turned to the Christmas card genre: Ivan Shishkin, Ivan Aivazovsky, Vasily Polenov, Konstantin Makovsky and others. Today, artists working in a wide variety of styles and techniques: canvas/oil, paper/watercolor, paper/pencil, mixed media, collage, art object, photo/video art continue to develop this genre, introducing elements of contemporary art into it. The fact that the 2023 exhibition will be held in the classical interiors of the main Russian art institute will once again raise issues of tradition and innovation in contemporary art.

“We traditionally exhibit a whole pool of beloved and recognized artists, as well as little-known artists. “I’m trying to attract more young people, so I can show a cross-section of modern Russian culture, from the classics of pop art and conceptualism, such as Alexander Kosolapov and Igor Makarevich, to emerging authors,” explains Vera Pogodina. “I am very pleased that famous artists are ready to turn to the small-format genre again and again for the opportunity to support the tradition of the New Year holiday.”

Participating in the project: Semyon Agroskin, Vladimir Arkhipov, Andrey Bartenev, Konstantin Batynkov, Andrey Bezukladnikov, Marina Belova and Alexey Politov, Olga Bozhko, Evgenia Buravleva, Dmitry Gutov, Elena Elagina, Konstantin Zvezdochetov, Maria Konstantinova, Irina Korina, Taisiya Korotkova, Nina Kotel, Maxim Ksuta, Andrey Logvin, Igor Makarevich, Boris Matrosov, Arkady Nasonov, Gosha Ostretsov, Alexandra Paperno, Sergey Pakhomov, Egor Plotnikov, Alexander Pogorzhelsky, Ivan Razumov, Mikhail Rozanov, Kirill Rubtsov, Alexander Savko, Roman Sakin, Aidan Salakhova, Vitas Stasyunas, Ekaterina Sysoeva, Olga Tobreluts, Georgy Totibadze, Katya Filippova, Maria Chuikova, Sergey Shekhovtsov, Alexander Shirnin, Vasily Shumov, Sergey Shutov, Aristarkh Chernyshev and other representatives of Russian contemporary art.

Age limit: 12+.

Admission is free upon presentation of a passport.