Still Life in Photography
Contemporary still life in photography demonstrates a variety of trends and approaches: from homages to classic pompous arrangements à la golden age of still life to the minimalistic elegance of constructivism.
Each artist working in this genre tackles his or her own specific tasks. Some of them focus on formal qualities of an image bringing forward color, the play of volumes, harmonious composition, etc.; others use specific imagery to turn an object into a symbol, finding a deep meaning behind a down-to-earth subject. The photographic language of such still lifes is laconic and simple, compositions are stripped of extra details in order for the viewer to concentrate on the object, which in its turn transforms into a sign, a symbol.
Work with form, texture, and light, unusual angles, dramatic close-ups evoking viewer’s associations, and unexpected choice of objects — all of this contributes to the development of the traditional still life and gives it a new look.
The exhibition includes photographs by:
Danya Averyanova, Pavel Apletin, Ilya Atlas, Vladimir Bezgreshnov, Valery Belenkov, Yevgeny Borovik, Ivan Charin, Mikhail Gavryushov, Anastasiya Goncharova, Vadim Gushchin, Roman Dadiomov, Sergey Litvinov, Irina Lobanova, Aleksandr Lokot, Arkady Lvov, Vladimir Marin, Arnold Maryashin, Irina Minaeva, Vladimir Mikhaylutsa, Yuri Molodkovets, Igor Morozov, Natalya Natochina, Maksim Nesterov, Ruslan Nurgaliev, Anatoly Pavlov, Inga Pavlova, Ivan Pannevits, Ilya Petrichenko, Natalya Prozorova, Valery Samarin, Vladimir Seleznyov, Viktoria Sergiyenya, Yulia Sernova, Roman Shabalda, Marina Sharova, Kharis Shakhmametyev, Mikhail Shemyakin Georgy Telov, Yekaterina Timofeyeva, Andrey Vasilyev, Denis Voskresensky, Sergey Zizyulin.
“He Conquered Both Time and Space...” 225th Anniversary of Alexander Pushkin’s Birth
7 June—9 December 2024
This is the first ever large-scale exhibition held in the Russian Museum to address the genius of Russian and world culture, whose anniversary will be an international event. The museum rich depositories enable to characterize the oeuvre of the great writer most fully and diversely and to reconstruct the cultural and historical background, which witnessed the formation and heyday of Pushkin’s unique talent.
Military Parades: Porcelain and Watercolour
15 December 2023—13 May 2024
The exhibition is dedicated to a hundred-year-old tradition of producing decorative “military plates” depicting imperial army uniforms. Besides plates, the exhibition includes drawings and lithographs that served as sources or preliminary studies for paintings by such famous artists of the “uniform” genre.
- 21 March—8 July 2024 > St Michael’s Castle Drawings and Watercolours by the Wanderers
- 15 March—13 May 2024 > Mikhailovsky Palace Mstislav Farmakovsky. 150th Anniversary of the Artist’s Birth
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.
