Exhibition "Ainu. The Mysterious World" Automatic translate
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August 23 at 18.30 in the Perm Gallery exhibition opens "Ainu. The Mysterious World ”is a project of the Omsk Museum of Fine Arts dedicated to one of the most ancient peoples of the Far East. The exposition is based on a unique collection of watercolors by Japanese artist Bezan Hirasawa (XIX century) and drawings by modern Omsk artist Damir Muratov (XXI century).
The story associated with the collection of "Ainu watercolors" by Japanese artist Bezan Hirasawa from the collection of the Omsk Museum of Fine Arts named after M.A. Vrubel seems incredible and has many mysteries. In 1984, from the collection of the Leningrad academician E.M. Lavrenko (1900-1987) 12 watercolors by an unknown Japanese artist entered the museum. Thanks to the joint work of Russian and Japanese experts - ethnographers, historians, art historians and restorers - in the 2000s, it was found that these works belong to the brush of the famous Japanese artist, master of Ainu-e-Bёzan Hirasawa (1822–1876), who lived for almost a quarter century Hokkaido island among the Ainu and dedicated their work to them.
Ainu - one of the oldest and most mysterious peoples on the planet, appeared on the Japanese skeleton about 13 thousand years BC. e. At present, the Ainu remained mainly in Japan, where, according to official statistics, about 25,000 people live there. According to the 2010 census, only 109 Ainu were registered in Russia, of which 94 in the Kamchatka Territory. The Ainu world is a culture of hunters, fishers and collectors of the primitive system. Feeling herself a part of nature and living in complete harmony with it, the Ainu spiritualized the world around them.
The watercolors of Hirasawa presented at the exhibition depict the traditional everyday and ritual culture of the Ainu. According to Japanese researchers, Byzan Hirasawa was the most talented of the masters of the Ainu-e genre. He turned to the real life of this people and recorded specific events (“Bear holiday”, “Omusya”, “Tapkal”, “Catching fish with a lit torch and Marek”, “Vaccination against smallpox”). One of the first in Japan, he began to apply paints and paper of European production and mastered the laws of a direct perspective. There are few genuine works of the artist in their homeland - about 60. His works are scattered in museum and private collections in America, England, Scotland, Germany. The Omsk series of 12 watercolors is considered the largest in the world and the most interesting scientifically.
A series of drawings by Damir Muratov was created under the impression of the works of a Japanese artist. This is an original attempt to find in the modern world the “traces” of an ancient people, to look at its history, customs and culture from the point of view of “chips”. According to the author, “they float on the surface” of everyday life and leave artifacts in the annals of history. A suit, weapons, household utensils… - everything that can tell about a bygone civilization of the ancient and still mysterious people was conveyed by the artist in the language of modern art. The conciseness of the pictorial text approaching the signs and symbols of the Ainu ornamental creativity, the pronounced decorative character of the compositions make it possible to associatively continue the Ainu-e theme in the space of the exhibition project. Both artists through the objective world convey the charm of the traditional culture of the ancient people, capable of preserving the most valuable, wise and necessary for the development of civilization - knowledge about human life and its place in the world around it.
Exhibition “Ainu. The Mysterious World ”will work until September 23, 2018.
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With the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Perm Territory.
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