"Knowledge of Good." International science and exhibition project. Verona

In December 2016 and January 2017, the Russian academic research and exhibition project “Knowledge of Good” will be presented in Verona, Italy. The purpose of organizing and conducting the project is to maintain the high prestige of Russian culture abroad and to expand international cultural cooperation. The exhibition and scientific and artistic events within the framework of the project will be dedicated to the 260th anniversary of the founding of the Russian Academy of Arts and the Verona Academy of Arts, the development of a modern academic art school and the system of art education in Russia and Italy, which will strengthen long-standing creative and scientific ties between our countries.

Organizers:

Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
Russian Academy of Arts
City Hall of Verona
Verona Academy of Arts
With organizational support
International Public Organization “Moscow International Fund for the Promotion of UNESCO” and the Association “Russian House of Verona”
Information support
GKU "Center for Humanitarian and Business Cooperation Abroad - Moscow House of the Compatriot"

December 3, 2016 at 12. 00 in the Grand Guard Palace will be a presentation of the exhibition part of the project - an exhibition of works by the People’s Artist of the USSR and the Russian Federation, President of the Russian Academy of Arts, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador ZK Tsereteli “Knowledge of Good”. The exhibition will be open for visitors from December 4, 2016 to January 15, 2017. It will include two sections - pictorial and sculptural.

Tsereteli Z.K.’s unique work in the field of spiritual art and the embodiment of traditional biblical and gospel themes in round sculpture is truly one of the most outstanding phenomena of modern art life in Russia. According to the artist, the spiritual history should be studied and lived by the viewer. The sculptural compositions “Baptism of the Lord”, “Carrying the Cross”, “Crucifixion”, “Entrance to Jerusalem” and others are a high example of the synthesis of modern volumetric plastics and the canonical Christian tradition in art. This series, supplemented by images of the Holy Apostles (figures) and biblical subjects (reliefs), expositionally emphasizes a strong artistic image and dramatic tension, will present the artist’s palette of plastic craftsmanship and high standards of the national sculpture school.

The picturesque cycle of works presented in the second section of the exhibition will familiarize the audience with another facet of the work of one of the leading Russian art masters. The fusion of fantasy, dream textures and visual observations of reality remains a constant of Tsereteli’s art. In his compositions - a striving for images of primitive nature, proto-man, for beauty, devoid of pathos, false shine, to the beginning, which should symbolize the truth. So, unexpectedly, the main thing is revealed - the very essence of the “beginning of everything”, for the sake of which, perhaps, man was created. His "magical realism", where the past enters into dialogue with the present and the most insignificant details take on importance, shows the sacred value of life - Love, Faith, Good. This is earthly life itself in its momentary sketches and monumental canvases of eternity, in its chamber and grand scale. And every day, the master calls the viewer to the knowledge of good and opens up possible worlds that become available in his artistic dimension.

December 5, 2016 at the Verona Academy of Arts will host the Russian-Italian scientific conference "On the development of modern academic art." The conference will be attended by President of the Russian Academy of Arts Z. K. Tsereteli, President of the Verona Academy of Arts Packer Stefano, artists and art historians, members of the Russian Academy of Arts and Verona Academy of Arts, students and teachers of art institutes. The reports will be delivered by vice-presidents of the Russian Academy of Arts A. A. Zolotov, K. V. Khudyakov, academicians E. N. Maksimov, T. A. Kochemasova, A. A. Lyubavin, N. A. Mukhin, honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts Ginesi Armando, representatives of the Verona Academy of Arts - head of the Faculty of Architecture Valdinochi Massimigliano and professor of painting Morbin Giovani.

The scientific conference is an important part of the research work and is intended to become an expert platform for the exchange of creative and scientific experience, discussion of pressing issues of the development of modern fine art in the context of modern trends. It is planned to pay special attention to issues of art education, a comparative analysis of the Russian and Italian systems of academic art education.

The project will host a charity workshop on painting by the President of the Russian Academy of Arts Tsereteli Z. K. for students of the Verona Academy of Arts and students of the Verona Art Lyceum, and a master class by academician of the Russian Academy of Arts E. N. Maximov.

There will be a charity concert of Russian and Italian choral sacred music performed by the female chamber "Hoffmann Choir", laureate of international competitions. Head - Honorary Worker of Culture of Moscow, Associate Professor, Candidate of Sciences O. L. Kosiborod.

The aesthetic and moral position of the artist, the strategy of the modern Russian Academy of Arts and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, thanks to the project and the activities within it, will be especially relevant. The project emphasizes the priority of the aesthetic and philosophical position of the artist and the importance of the development of culture in the geopolitical realities of the modern world.