German Video Art in the Russian Museum
The program “German video art in the Russian Museum” is organized in cooperation with Goethe-Institut and “Video-Forum” (Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin). The curators have selected eight pieces of art of video artists from Germany and other countries.
James Bonk in Matt Blackfinger
1988, 00:11:40, PAL, color, sound, PAL, 4:3
Akiko Hada
(born in Japan, 1961, nowadays lives in Berlin)
Akiko Hada the Japanese media artist is famous for her video and animation works, music videos, filming of the art performances and concerts. Her works are full of music and peculiar humor, as for example the video performance «The Fall of a Queen or the Taste of the Fruit to Come», allusion to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
«James Bonk in Matt Blackfinger» is a puppet parody to the third part of Bondiana (Goldfinger, 1964) created with the “Japanese American Toy Theater of London” and composer David Toop.
Agent 0016, a wind-up clockwork aubergine toy pear is attacked by plastic ninja and murdered by being painted matt black on a beach in the tropics. Agent 0017, a plastic green toy Godzilla is sent on a mission to investigate this murder. Agent 0017 is a real ladies' man, that is, a real Barbie dolls'. He often repeats “My name is Bonk. James Bonk”. “James Bonk” is an incredibly ridiculous parody to spy movies.
September 1 the lecture of Stefan Lutschinger the Associate Lecturer in Digital Publishing and Media at Middlesex University in London will take place in the Marble Palace (in Russian).
Ancient Myth and the Modern World
28 july—2 october 2023
The exhibition includes around 70 paintings and sculptures from the mid-20th century to the early 21st, taken from the Russian Museum collection and from artists’ studios in Moscow and St Petersburg.
Han Yuchen: The Radiance of Tibet
7 july—27 august 2023
This exhibition introduces visitors to the work of Han Yuchen (b. 1954), a foremost Chinese realist painter, photographer, calligrapher and winner of numerous international awards
- 25 august—23 october 2023 > Stroganov Palace Stanislav Zhukovsky
- 16 august—16 october 2023 > Mikhailovsky Palace Engravings and Lithographs from the Collection of the Russian Museum: Views of St Petersburg Suburbs
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.
