Ten centuries of Belarusian art (exhibition)

“Ten centuries of Belarusian art” is a major exhibition project, which was held from March 27 to July 10, 2014 at the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus ( Minsk ).

The initiative for the project belongs to the Chairman of the Board of Belgazprombank V.D. Babariko ^[1] .

Organizers of the project: Belgazprombank OJSC, Gazprom Transgaz Belarus OJSC, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus, National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus .

Project curators: V.G. Schastny ( Belgazprombank ), N.M. Usova ( NHM RB ).

Content

History

Since 2011 Belgazprombank has been implementing the Art-Belarus historical and cultural project, one of the tasks of which is the return of cultural property located abroad. In September 2012 - January 2013, the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus hosted the exhibition " Artists of the Paris School of Belarus " ^[2] - the first exhibition project organized by Belgazprombank in collaboration with the National Artists of Belarus . The exhibition "Ten Centuries of Belarusian Art" was a logical continuation of this cooperation.

Concept

Art Belarus

The concept of the exhibition "Ten centuries of Belarusian art" coincides with the mission of the global project " Art Belarus ". Here is what Viktor Babariko, the ideological inspirer of the exhibition, says about this:

The Art Belarus project <...> has acquired the status of a national project that is designed to show the historical cross-section of the Belarusian fine art in its entirety and integrity <...> The exhibition “Ten Centuries of Belarusian Art <...> is the most vivid confirmation of this.
- Preface to the exhibition catalog ^[3]

Exposition Composition

The purpose of the exhibition “Ten Centuries of Belarusian Art” is to show the art of Belarus as a living and continuous process integrated into the global art space. For this purpose, almost 500 exhibits provided by 29 museums, libraries, private collectors, religious organizations of the republic were selected throughout Belarus (see # List of project participants ).

The exposition is based on works from the Belgazprombank corporate collection and funds of the NHM RB . For the first time at the exhibition “Ten Centuries of Belarusian Art”, the public demonstrated such artifacts of the banking collection as the book of Simeon Polotsky “The Rod of Government”, paintings by Valentin Vankovich “Portrait of Tomasz Zan ”, Chaim Soutine “Eve”, Marc Chagall “Clock in a Burning Sky” and "Green landscape." On the opening day of the exhibition, the museum exhibited a national relic - the Cross of Euphrosyne of Polotsk ^[4] .

The display of many works was preceded by significant restoration work ^[5] .

Simeon of Polotsk "Rod of government." Book of 1667 edition. Belgazprombank Corporate Collection
Valentin Vankovich "Portrait of Tomasz Zan ". Canvas, oil. 85.2 x 69 cm. 1837-1839. Belgazprombank Corporate Collection
Chaim Soutine "Eve." Canvas, oil. 65 × 54 cm. 1928. Belgazprombank corporate collection

Art of Belarus

The phrase “art of Belarus” is used in the name of the exhibition, and not “Belarusian art” . This is done intentionally, as evidenced by the words of the author of the exhibition concept, Vladimir Schastny:

Given the fact that the authors of the works included in the project of the exhibition belonged to different ethnic and linguistic groups, it was decided to use the broader concept of “Belarusian art” instead of the definition “Belarusian art”. The artists represented at the exhibition were born on the lands that make up modern Belarus, or, having settled in our country, made an exceptional contribution to the development of Russian art.
- Preface to the exhibition catalog ^[6]

Organization of exposition and exhibition space

The exposition is located on two floors of the old building of the National Art Museum of Belarus . The exhibition space has undergone significant reconstruction. Designers from Russia, Lithuania and Belarus took part in its design ^[7] .

Active participants in the project were the journalists Oleg Lukashevich and Alexander Alekseev, who, as photographers, worked on the catalog of the exhibition ^[8] , and also made special films dedicated to architectural monuments of Belarus ^[9] - broadcast in the exhibition space (see # Links ).

Summary

Visitors

According to the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus , about 24 thousand people visited the exhibition over four months of work ^[10] Among the honorary visitors of the exhibition were UNESCO Director- General Irina Bokova , UN Development Program (UNDP) administrator Helen Clark, representative of the Sotheby's auction house in New York Scott Nichel.

Rewards

I place in the nomination “Cultural project” of the III International festival of territorial marketing and branding OPEN ^[11] .

The exhibition catalog ^[8] (prepared by the Four Quarter Publishing House) was awarded an honorary diploma in the Grand Prix nomination of the XI International Art Contest of the CIS Member States ^[12]

1st place in the nomination "Best partnership" at the competition "Museums of Belarus - the third millennium" in the framework of the II National Forum "Museums of Belarus" ^[13]

Exhibition website

As part of the preparation of the project “Ten Centuries of Belarusian Art”, a multilingual Internet resource artbelarus.by ^[14] was developed, on which an extensive gallery of exhibits was posted. Subsequently, the concept of the artbelarus.by resource expanded, and it began to be positioned as the site of the Art-Belarus National Historical and Cultural Project .

List of Project Participants

Belgazprombank OJSC
OJSC Gazprom Transgaz Belarus
National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus
National Historical Museum of the Republic of Belarus
National Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve "Nesvizh"
National Polotsk Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve
National Library of Belarus
Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War
Belarusian State University
Borisov State United Museum
Vetkovsky Museum of Folk Art named after F.R. Shklyarova
Vitebsk Regional Museum of Local Lore
Gallery of art glass and ceramics "VAIVA" (Minsk)
Gomel Palace and Park Complex
State Literature Museum of Yanka Kupala
State Museum of Theatrical and Musical Culture History
Grodno State Historical and Archaeological Museum
Grodno State Museum of the History of Religion
Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve "Zaslavl"
Picture Gallery named after E.E. Moiseenki ( Buda-Koshelevo, Gomel region )
Minsk Regional Museum of Local Lore ( Molodechno )
Mogilev Regional Art Museum named after P.V. Maslenikov
Museum of the History of Mogilev
Museum of the History and Culture of Jews of Belarus
Museum of Belarusian Polesie (Pinsk)
Smorgon Museum of History and Local Lore
Polotsk Spaso-Evfrosinievsky Convent
Center for Studies of Belarusian Culture, Language and Literature of the NAS of Belarus
Y. Kolas Central Scientific Library, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Manor complex "Panskі Mayentak Sula" (village of Sula, Stolbtsovsky district, Minsk region )
Paraphy of the Church of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the village of Kemelishki of the Ostrovets district of the Grodno region
Parafia of the Church of the Holy Trinity in the town of Ruzhany of Pruzhany district of Brest region
ODO “Four Quarter Publishing House”

Notes

↑ Nadezhda Belokhvostik. Belgazprombank Chairman Viktor Babariko: “Why are we shy? After all, we have a thousand-year-old culture! ” (Neopr.) . Komsomolskaya Pravda in Belarus (March 20, 2014). Date of treatment November 17, 2014.
↑ Artists of the Paris School from Belarus. From the collection of Belgazprombank, museum and private collections. From September 22, 2012 to January 14, 2013 (unopened) (unavailable link) . Website of the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus (October 9, 2012). Date of treatment 2014-09-17}. Archived on September 23, 2015.
↑ Exhibition catalog, 2014 , p. 9.
↑ The recreated Cross of Euphrosyne (Neopr.) Will be brought to Minsk for one day . tut.by (March 20, 2014). Date of treatment November 18, 2014.
↑ Pavel Kanash. How are the restoration work of the exhibits of the exhibition “Ten centuries of Belarusian art” (neopr.) . tut.by (February 28, 2014). Date of treatment November 17, 2014.
↑ Exhibition catalog, 2014 , p. 15.
↑ Pavel Kanash, Victoria Romanova. A designer from Russia designed the exhibition “10 centuries of Belarusian art” (Neopr.) . deZign.by (March 20, 2014). Date of treatment November 17, 2014.
↑ ¹ ² Exhibition catalog, 2014 .
↑ Pavel Kanash. “Ten Centuries of the Art of Belarus”: a Sealed Heritage (Neopr.) . ZNYATA (March 6, 2014). Date of treatment November 17, 2014.
↑ The exhibition “Ten Centuries of Belarusian Art” was seen by almost 24 thousand people (neopr.) . BelTA (July 7, 2014). Date of treatment November 17, 2014. (unavailable link)
↑ The Third International Festival of Territorial Marketing and Branding OPEN (Neopr.) (Inaccessible link) was held in Minsk . The site of the OPEN festival (June 23, 2014). Date of treatment November 17, 2014. Archived July 13, 2014.
↑ XI International Competition of the CIS Member States “Book Art” (Neopr.) . The site of the Moscow International Book Fair. Date of treatment November 17, 2014. (unavailable link)
↑ Take a look at the competition “Museum of Belarus - Tretsyama Thousands of Years” (Neopr.) . The site of the National Forum "Museums of Belarus-2014" (September 30, 2014). Date of treatment November 17, 2014.
↑ Belarusian art is systematized: the website artbelarus.by (neopr.) Has earned . tut.by (March 25, 2014). Date of treatment November 17, 2014.

Literature

Bazhenava V. Padsumavanne peralyad? // Mastastva: Chasopіs. - Mn. : Culture and mastastva, 2014. - No. 6 (Cherven) . - S. 28-31 .

Dzesyat stagodzzya mastastva Belarus = Ten centuries of art of Belarus = Ten Centuries of Art in Belarus: Catalog of the exhibition March 27–10, 2014. - Mn. : Chatyr Chvertsі, 2014 .-- 632 p.

Usawa N. Kansept epoch ў museum halls // Mastaststva: Chasopis. - Mn. : Culture and mastastva, 2014. - No. 5 (grass) . - S. 22-27 .

Links

Gallery of exhibits on the site artbelarus.by
Byzantine traditions (film by O. Lukashevich and A. Alekseev on Youtube )
Renaissance and Baroque (film by O. Lukashevich and A. Alekseev on Youtube )
Culture of gentry estates (film by O. Lukashevich and A. Alekseev on Youtube )

[1] Nadezhda Belokhvostik. Belgazprombank Chairman Viktor Babariko: “Why are we shy? After all, we have a thousand-year-old culture! ” (Neopr.) . Komsomolskaya Pravda in Belarus (March 20, 2014). Date of treatment November 17, 2014.

[2] Artists of the Paris School from Belarus. From the collection of Belgazprombank, museum and private collections. From September 22, 2012 to January 14, 2013 (unopened) (unavailable link) . Website of the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus (October 9, 2012). Date of treatment 2014-09-17}. Archived on September 23, 2015.

[_04c81fcb24743335-3] Exhibition catalog, 2014 , p. 9.

[4] The recreated Cross of Euphrosyne (Neopr.) Will be brought to Minsk for one day . tut.by (March 20, 2014). Date of treatment November 18, 2014.

[5] Pavel Kanash. How are the restoration work of the exhibits of the exhibition “Ten centuries of Belarusian art” (neopr.) . tut.by (February 28, 2014). Date of treatment November 17, 2014.

[_9441432ef1731092-6] Exhibition catalog, 2014 , p. 15.

[7] Pavel Kanash, Victoria Romanova. A designer from Russia designed the exhibition “10 centuries of Belarusian art” (Neopr.) . deZign.by (March 20, 2014). Date of treatment November 17, 2014.

[_76421274671282c4-8] ¹ ² Exhibition catalog, 2014 .

[9] Pavel Kanash. “Ten Centuries of the Art of Belarus”: a Sealed Heritage (Neopr.) . ZNYATA (March 6, 2014). Date of treatment November 17, 2014.

[10] The exhibition “Ten Centuries of Belarusian Art” was seen by almost 24 thousand people (neopr.) . BelTA (July 7, 2014). Date of treatment November 17, 2014. (unavailable link)

[11] The Third International Festival of Territorial Marketing and Branding OPEN (Neopr.) (Inaccessible link) was held in Minsk . The site of the OPEN festival (June 23, 2014). Date of treatment November 17, 2014. Archived July 13, 2014.

[12] XI International Competition of the CIS Member States “Book Art” (Neopr.) . The site of the Moscow International Book Fair. Date of treatment November 17, 2014. (unavailable link)

[13] Take a look at the competition “Museum of Belarus - Tretsyama Thousands of Years” (Neopr.) . The site of the National Forum "Museums of Belarus-2014" (September 30, 2014). Date of treatment November 17, 2014.

[14] Belarusian art is systematized: the website artbelarus.by (neopr.) Has earned . tut.by (March 25, 2014). Date of treatment November 17, 2014.