A dish: before and after
from 28 September 2012 to 28 October 2012
Art project of Dmitry Buchin will present a collection of “Kuznetsov” porcelain plates of the late XIX - early XX century, painted in the early XXI century by modern artists of Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as by artists living abroad.
Peter and Paul Fortress, exhibition hall of Ioannovsky Ravelin
Art project of Dmitry Buchin will present a collection of “Kuznetsov” porcelain plates of the late XIX - early XX century, painted in the early XXI century by modern artists of Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as by artists living abroad. On the whole 60 artists participated in this project, including Babi Badalov, Alexey Belyaev-Gintovt, Vladislav Gutsevich, Oleg Kotelnikov, Boris Koshelehov Oleg Kuptsov, Vladik Mamyshev-Monro, Alexander Menus, Gosha Ostretsov, Olga Tobreluts, Sergei Shutov, Andrew Khlobystin, etc. A large number of participants determined the diversity of ideas, themes and styles. Ordinary white plates were given a “second life” having become true masterpieces of modern art.
From an article by Andrew Khlobystin about the project: “Dmitry Buchin, having been studying the psychology of artists for many years, had been planning an unusual exhibition for a long time. A year ago on his birthday, he showed a collection of antique “Kuznetsov” plates to his friends, and all guests – Oleg Kotelnikov, Vladislav Gutsevich and others - immediately opted to paint the, thus giving them a new life. Soon not only St. Petersburg artists, who were strongly attracted to collective work, but also leading artists of Moscow - Sergei Shutov, Alexey Belyaev-Gintovt, Gosha Ostretsov and others, and even from Paris - Babi Badalov, joined the project. During a year more than thirty artists painted about sixty plates and dishes. Besides Marina Ikoku, who studied ceramics at the Vera Mukhina Higher School of Art, there are no professionals among the participants of this project, who previously worked with porcelain and ceramics (perhaps only Timur Novikov (what will we do without him?) left several painted plates of the mid-1980s.) But the nature of the St. Petersburg “Titanism” lies in that in the local tradition an artist is seen not as an expert but as a genius who therefore can create a masterpiece in all techniques and genres. Some of the dishes in our collection painted by musicians and filmmakers can serve as a good example of this statement. Many other media showed initiative and even though the collection reincarnating old china was still in process it caused huge excitement on Facebook”.
Attention! The opening on 28 September is at 16.00. On 28 September admission by invitation only.
