Exhibition "Mitki in Irkutsk" Automatic translate

Mitki is an art group from St. Petersburg, named for its leader Dmitry Shagin. Mitki is also a subculture that emerged in the 1980s and brought together musicians, artists, journalists and poets. This group became the face of unofficial St. Petersburg art of the second half of the 20th century. Favorite visual genre of "Mitkov" is Lubok, a complex and interesting phenomenon in the history of Russian art, which is centuries old. A distinctive feature of popular prints is the simplicity and accessibility of images.

At the exhibition “Mitki in Irkutsk. 30 years of creative biography ”will be presented about 50 works of St. Petersburg artists. Among the canvases is the famous painting “Mitki brings Ivan the Terrible a new son.” In addition, the public will see 11 Russian luboks of the XVIII - XIX centuries from the collection of the Irkutsk Art Museum.

“The popular culture creates its own“ type of behavior, ”said Irina Bukhantsova, the head of the Siberian Art Gallery,“ it is this atmosphere of the booth, where the whole game and everything is serious, attracted avant-garde artists. A similar search in the work of the art association “Mitki”, which appeared in difficult perestroika times, ironic “buffoonery” is what makes them similar to the traditions of “funny pictures”. The characters of their works live in the historical past and in everyday life around us, and sometimes they intersect in time. ”

Dmitry Shagin will take part in the opening of the exposition, who will specially come to Irkutsk for this. It should be noted that the exhibition was organized as part of the Cultural Capital art festival, which was initiated in 2014 by EuroSibEnergo JSC and the Baikal Totem Irkutsk Festival Center. Since 2016, the festival has been held with the personal support of the governor of the Irkutsk region, the regional government acts as a co-organizer of the festival.

Opening of the exhibition “Mitki in Irkutsk. 30 years of creative biography ”will be held June 23, 2016 at 15.00 on the second floor of the Siberian Art Gallery at the address: Irkutsk, st. Karl Marx, 23. By tradition, admission to the opening is free. The exhibition will work for a month.