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NEWS: Opening of Russian Art Week and Boris Chetkov exhibition Posted in: Art, Russian art- Nov 28, 2013 Comments Off on NEWS: Opening of Russian Art Week and Boris Chetkov exhibition
Theodora Clarke and Kenneth Pushkin
Last Friday evening at the Westbury Hotel Russian Art Week was launched in conjunction with the opening of the exhibition Re-Imagining Russia: The Landscape and Genre Painting of Boris Chetkov. The Pushkin Gallery, in collaboration with Russian Art and Culture, presented the first UK exhibition of works by major Russian contemporary artist Boris Chetkov. Curated by Theodora Clarke, the exhibition looked specifically at Chetkov’s highly personal depiction of life in twentieth century rural Russia. In addition, the exhibition was accompanied by a catalogue containing a number of previously unpublished works by the artists and an academic essay by Theodora Clarke, who analysed Chetkov’s works within the context of modernism in the twentieth century and the rise of abstract painting. The book takes a biographical approach to introduce Chetkov to a new audience and includes previously unseen archival material. The publication also features a number of early works dating from 1955-1973.
Theodora Clarke with her publication Re-Imagining Russia: The Landscape and Genre Painting of Boris Chetkov