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The Space Of Freedom: Apartment Exhibitions In Leningrad, 1964-1986, Joseph C. Troncale, Evgeny Orlov, Sergei Kovalsky Jan 2006

The Space Of Freedom: Apartment Exhibitions In Leningrad, 1964-1986, Joseph C. Troncale, Evgeny Orlov, Sergei Kovalsky

Exhibition Catalogs

The Space of Freedom: Apartment Exhibitions in Leningrad, 1964-1986

Joel and Lila Harnetl Museum of Art, University of Richmond Museums, VA

September 16 to December 3, 2006

We are very pleased to present this traveling exhibition of artwork from the collection of the Museum of Nonconformist Art, Pushkinskaya 10 Art Centre, St. Petersburg, Russia, presented within the context of a re-created "apartment" exhibition from Leningrad. [...]

To our knowledge, [...] The Space of Freedom is the first exhibition organized in the United States to focus on both the artwork shown in communal apartments and on the exhibition space of the …


Art Of The Scholar-Poets: Traditional Chinese Painting And Calligraphy, University Of Richmond Museums Jan 1998

Art Of The Scholar-Poets: Traditional Chinese Painting And Calligraphy, University Of Richmond Museums

Exhibition Brochures

Art of the Scholar-Poets: Traditional Chinese Painting and Calligraphy

April 01 to May 09, 1998

Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond Museums

Introduction

Chinese culture developed one of the world's most enduring artistic traditions, literati painting, based upon a unique idea about the purposes of art. The art of the scholar-poets is centered in calligraphy and poetry, which the literati learned at an early age as part of their basic education. Painting was done with the same tools as poetry and calligraphy - brush, ink, and paper - and it was an easy step to express poetic sensibilities in visual …