RUSSIA! THE DRAMA OF ART IN TWELVE EPISODES
at
Art Film Festival
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Ida K. Lang Recital Hall at Hunter College,
695 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065
From Press Release
Russian American Cultural Center,
in collaboration with the Russian and Slavic Studies Program, Hunter College, CUNY
Present
2014 ART FILM FESTIVAL
5:00 PM
RUSSIA! The Drama of Art in Twelve Episodes by Nina Zaretskaya
Russia - USA | 2007 | 111 min | bilingual: Russian/ English with voice over translation.
The documentary is inspired by the exhibition "RUSSIA!" that took place at the Solomon R. Guggenheim museum in 2005 – 2006. That groundbreaking exhibition featured more than 275 of the greatest masterpieces of Russian Art, spanning the history from Thirteenth Century to the Present, large number of these artworks have never been exhibited outside Russia.
Introducing the international public to some of the most valued artistic treasures brought together from Russia’s greatest museums, this exhibition was unique in scope and content, in keeping with the Guggenheim’s distinguished history of presenting groundbreaking exhibitions of Russian art, including Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia: Selections from the George Costakis Collection (1981), The Great Utopia: The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde, 1915–1932 (1992), Amazons of the Avant-Garde (2000), and Kazimir Malevich: Suprematism (2003).
The documentary presents a fresh look at Russian culture by revealing its history, the soul and the character of the Russian nation, helping viewers better understand the Russian people and their sensibilities through the amazing art they have managed to create over the centuries of their complex and difficult history.
Q & A with Nina Zaretskaya