GRISHA BRUSKIN: A 30 YEARS’ SAGA
at
Art FIlm Festival

Sunday, March 18, 2018 | 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM
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
2018 ART FILM FESTIVAL

Celebrating Russian Émigré Culture: Homage to New York Artists and Filmmakers

4:30 PM
GRISHA BRUSKIN: A 30 YEARS’ SAGA by Nina Zaretskaya
Russia/USA 1992 - 2012 | 1 hr 30 min | Documentary, Biography | Russian with English subtitles
Three documentaries by Nina Zaretskaya, revealing the creative development of one of the most distinguished Russian-American artists, Grisha Bruskin. The trilogy begins thirty years ago, focusing on two crucial for the artist events taking place in 1988 Moscow – his performance at the Kashirka exhibition hall and the first Russian Sotheby's auction – and stretches out to the present day, providing the audience with the unique chance to understand in depth the art of this extraordinary artist.

BIRTH OF A HERO (30 min, 1992 – 1993)
From the TV cycle TV GALLERY, the first documentary ever made on now world-famous Sots-artist Grisha Bruskin, “champion” of the first Sotheby's auction in Russia.
GRISHA BRUSKIN (26 min, 2002)
From the TV cycle CLASSICS OF CONTEMPORARY ART, focused on internationally acclaimed contemporary artists, produced with the support of the Ford Foundation and Internews.
PAST IMPERFECT (26 min, 2012)
From the series of documentaries titled RUSSIAN AMERICA, profiling Russian-American cultural elite. Each character is from the former USSR and now living in New York.
The 2002’ and 2012’ films were translated into English with the help of Dr. Margarit Ordukhanyan's translation seminar students, Hunter College, CUNY. 

Q&A with Nina Zaretskaya

6:45 PM
Discussion Panel: Regina Khidekel, Andrei Zagdansky, Nina Zaretskaya, Grisha Bruskin, Semyon Pinkhasov, Gregory Perkel, David Barish and Irene Bakhchanyan

RACC’s programs and events are made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and Cojeco.

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