Inside the Marble Palace (Sound, Dance, Performance)
Film “Guitar Drag” (2000) by Christian Marclay will be on display between October 18 and November 13 as part of the project “Inside the Marble Palace (Sound, Dance, Performance).”
Christian Marclay is a well-known video artist who received the Golden Lion at the 54th Venice Biennale for his video installation “The Clock.” Having experimented with sound for quite a while, he is one of the early pioneers of turntablism (after DJ’s tool) and an icon for DJs.
In “Guitar Drag,” Marclay visualizes the sound of the electric guitar amplified with a powerful speaker, while the guitar is literally being dragged behind a moving car, hitting against rough Texas ground. The guitar thus becomes a metaphor for death. The film references the history of lynching an African American in Texas.
“Inside the Marble Palace (Sound, Dance, Performance)” is a joint project of the Russian Museum and Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris, France.
“Inside the Marble Palace” is a series of nine exhibitions exploring performativity in which dance and sound play a significant part. Ever since the time of its emergence, video art was closely connected with performance. The possibility to record and show at the same time, the use of time as one of the main elements — all of this provides common ground between performance and video art. The artists visualize sound and vocalize space; saturate their works with dense sound or deafening silence; refer to the performance tradition and avant-garde choreography; reinterpret popular tunes and film stills that serve as cultural archaeology and a breeding ground for their art.
The exhibitions continue the series of video screenings at the Museum Ludwig at the Russian Museum.
Russia and Belarus: Crossed Destinies
15 September—2 December 2024
The State Russian Museum and the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus open the unprecedented exhibition Russia and Belarus: Crossed Destinies. The Marble Palace presents works by Belarusian artists who graduated from Russian art schools and whose art became the world heritage.
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Cossackdom: Support of the Russian State
11 September—14 October 2024
The exhibition at the Marble Palace brings together about 100 works of painting, graphic and applied arts on the Cossack theme from the collection of the Russian Museum. It includes portraits, landscapes and works on historical subjects by Ilya Repin, Vasily Polenov, Valentin Serov, Vasily Surikov, Alexei Venetsianov, Aleksander Orłowski and other outstanding masters of Russian art.
- 4 October—8 December 2024 > St Michael’s Castle Line. Stroke. Spot. 20th-Century Drawings from the Collection of the Russian Museum
- 30 September—28 October 2024 > Mikhailovsky Palace Teachers’ Day
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.
