Pavel Filonov and the Russian avant-garde / School of Pavel Filonov in the context of Leningrad culture of the 1920-30s.

1. Pavel Filonov and the Russian avant-garde.

Pavel Nikolaevich Filonov (1883 - 1941) - one of the prominent representatives of the Russian avant-garde. He formulated his concept of analytical art in 1914. What is the uniqueness of his method in comparison with other artistic systems - the Suprematism of Kazimir Malevich, the constructivism of Vladimir Tatlin, the theory and practice of extended viewing by Mikhail Matyushin? What is the connection between the “World Rise” - the main idea of his work with the utopian ideas of the avant-garde and the socio-political views of that time - this will be discussed in a lecture.

2. The school of Pavel Filonov in the context of the Leningrad culture of the 1920-30s.

The collective of masters of analytical art (MAI) was the most representative school of the Russian avant-garde and a notable phenomenon in the Leningrad art life of the turn of the 1920s and 30s. It was the last exit of the avant-garde, marked by striking events - such as the Filonov exhibition in 1927 and the OBERIU evening “Three Left Hours” in the press house. This beautiful and terrible era was marked by a number of significant achievements in art and, at the same time, the gradual advance and curtailment of the avant-garde program. This turning point, the fate of the students of the Filonov school, their friends of the poets of the Oberiut will be discussed at the lecture.

Lecturer: Ershov Gleb Yurievich - art critic, specialist in the art of the 20th century, author of the book “Artist of World Prosperity. Pavel Filonov ”, curator of the Navicula Artis gallery, winner of the contemporary art prize named after Sergey Kurekhin in the nomination “The best curatorial project” (2013), associate professor of the Department of Art Studies at St. Petersburg State University.

Time: February 6 and 7, 2020 at 18.00

Venue: lecture hall of the Gallery of Modern Art of the Pushkin Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan (Kazan, 57 Karl Marx St.)

Cost: 50 p. for any categories of listeners