09.07.2008  RCS – Contemporary Russian Show

• The splendid Hermitage and grandiose Red Square tells Russia`s long history and great past. The Russian art performs as the fire frozen in the ice. Not even the most adventurous and optimistic art historian could have imagined such a success of the Russian contemporary art today. Inherited with the spirit of extension from the Slav people, the cultural toleration and art concept of the Russian contemporary art is absolutely no inferior to other European countries. HAN JI YUN Contemporary Space [Beijing] invited nine Russian artists and art groups from all over the world and brought their works to China for the first time. In this thousand-square-meter space the quintessence of the Russian contemporary art is thoroughly revealed. Video, installation, oil painting, photography, depicted the inspirations of the artists jumping from the court of Peter the Great and the battlefield of Stalingrad to express a delightful elegance and humorous satires. They watch with their own eyes, feel with their own hearts, paint with their own hands, the Russian expression style is dignified with passion, and magnificent with grace. Artists: Anna Sokolova Anton S. Kandinsky Blue Noses Evfrosina Lavrukhina Petr Axenoff Revision Sergei Kiryuschenko Tyminko & Mitrichenka Curators: Lioudmila Voropai & Han Jiyun More information at www.hanjiyun.com