Georg Baselitz. How it began… Paintings and graphical works of the last twenty years
The exhibition presents paintings, drawings, watercolours of the last two decades. The major part of the works belongs to the collection of the Albertina Museum (Vienna, Austria) which made it possible for the Russian Museum to show the artist's works to the citizens of Saint-Petersburg who know his painting «Bottle and Eagle» (1977-1978) very well. This very work is a part of the collection of the Ludwig Museum at the Russian Museum.
Having started his career at the turn of the 1950-1960-ies as a provocative, scandalous artist who criticized abstract art, Baselitz was experimenting with object painting and demonstrating his rejection of contemporary art, and was not the only artist who did it. The «Neue Wilde» movement Baselitz associated himself with, took inspiration mainly from classical German Expressionism, claiming to return to the figurative art, colour, spontaneous methods of making an art work. Baselitz's paintings were breaking stereotypes turning them «upside down». It was the artist's favorite technique.
In this sense the works by Georg Baselitz from the iconic series and exhibitions dated 2000-ies such as «Monumental Watercolours» at the Albertina Museum (Vienna, 2003), «Remix» at the Pinakothek (Munich, 2006), «Russian Paintings» at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Seoul, 2007) and others are radical but at the same time natural phenomena.
Baselitz's spiral development as an artist makes it impossible to divide his art into the early and the late periods. What is more significant is the artist's return to the same fundamental aspects, the same themes and stories. In the first place Baselitz is interested in the artistic form rather than the interpretation of a story.
On the one hand it indicates the dialogue between the artist and his destiny, and the close look at his programme works that defined his place in the art scene in the 1960-ies. On the other hand, it is the conversation with the contemporary art, especially German art, acknowledged and appreciated; the contemplative conversation about the possibilities and limits of art, its place in the system of the controversial powers and influences.
Alexey Vaulin. Living Substance
27 april—19 june 2023
Alexey Vaulin stands out as one of the most vibrant and consistent purveyors of contemporary abstract art on the Russian art scene. This exhibition spotlights around 50 of his works, spanning his career.
Parallel Universes. From Abstraction to Artefact. The Collection of Natalia Opaleva
3 march—26 june 2023
The State Russian Museum presents the exhibition project Parallel Universes. From Abstraction to Artefact showing works by 36 artists of the second half of the 20th century from the collection of Natalia Opaleva, a well-known collector, founder and general director of the AZ Museum (Anatoly Zverev). The exhibition introduces visitors of the Marble Palace to more than 200 paintings and graphic works by underground masters of the 1960s–1980s: Anatoly Zverev, Dmitri Plavinsky, Dmitry Krasnopevtsev, Oleg Tselkov, Lidia Masterkova and Ernst Neizvestny.
- 13 april—3 july 2023 > St Michael’s Castle Leonid Sherwood (1871–1954)
- 2 march—19 june 2023 > St Michael’s Castle Nikolai Suetin. Ilya Chashnik
The collection of masterpieces, chosen by the Russian Museum will allow you to make a first impression of the collection of the Russian Museum.
Russian Museum - one of the world's largest museums and is perhaps the only country where such a full treasure of national culture are presented.
Virtual tour of the museum complex. 2009 (Rus., Eng., Ger., Fin.)
In the online shop of the Russian Museum presented a huge range of souvenirs, illustrated editions and multimedia disks.
