A Vibrant Field: Nature and Landscape in Soviet Nonconformist Art, 1970s-1980s
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“A Vibrant Field: Nature and Landscape in Soviet Nonconformist Art, 1960s-1980s” is the first exhibition at the Zimmerli Art Museum to explore the wide range of meanings that the natural world held for unofficial artists in the Soviet Union.
Description: Drawn from the strengths of the museum’s Dodge Collection, the exhibition brings together works produced in the period between thaw and perestroika that challenged the link between nature, optimism, and progress, which socialist realist aesthetics had promoted. Approximately 50 objects across media are featured, including painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, and performance, by more than 25 artists and artist groups from the Soviet republics of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, and Ukraine. MUSEUM HOURS: T-F, 10am- 4:30pm. Sat-Sun, Noon-5pm. 1st Tues of most months, 10am-9pm. The museum is closed Mondays, major holidays, and the month of August. FREE Admission.
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Description: Drawn from the strengths of the museum’s Dodge Collection, the exhibition brings together works produced in the period between thaw and perestroika that challenged the link between nature, optimism, and progress, which socialist realist aesthetics had promoted. Approximately 50 objects across media are featured, including painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, and performance, by more than 25 artists and artist groups from the Soviet republics of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, and Ukraine. MUSEUM HOURS: T-F, 10am- 4:30pm. Sat-Sun, Noon-5pm. 1st Tues of most months, 10am-9pm. The museum is closed Mondays, major holidays, and the month of August. FREE Admission.
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- Date / Time:
- Mar 04 2017 at 10:00 AM - Mar 04 2017 at 04:30 PM
- Location:
- 71 Hamilton Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (view map)
- Metro Area:
- New York
- Organizer:
- Zimmerli Art Museum (Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University)
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