Exhibition "Theater in the lead role"

The All-Russian Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art and the “ART PROJECT TOGETHER” present the exhibition “The Theater in the Leading Role”. The exhibition will be held from March 17 to May 01. The exhibition will demonstrate the contribution of various artists to the work on the theatrical image. The central event of the exhibition will be showing the general public a collection of graphic works by the artist Georgy Toidze. 15 portraits of stars of the Bolshoi and Mariinsky theaters in stage costumes (1971-1980) were provided by the family of the famous Soviet sculptor and graphic artist. Among them are portraits of the first persons of the Russian opera and ballet scene: Galina Ulanova, Natalia Bessmertnova, Vladimir Atlantov, Boris Shtokolova, Alexander Godunov.

Also, rare exhibits from the collections of the A. Bakhrushin State Central Theater Museum, the All-Russian Museum Association of Musical Culture and private collections will be presented at the exhibition “The Theater in the Main Role”. Among the exhibits are paintings and graphic works, theater costumes, posters, photographs, sketches of costumes and stage sets for performances.

In addition, the exhibition will show portraits of our contemporaries Diana Vishneva, Maria Alexandrova and Kristina Kretova by Maria Suvorova. On other canvases of the artist captured scenes of rehearsals of actors, ballet dancers and orchestra.

Portraits of stars of the musical and drama theater are complemented by original costumes and other elements of the decoration of the performance. Visitors can not only see the images of actors in different images, but also see the stage costume of the artist himself, as well as the process of working on him, reflected in the sketches of theater artists Alexander Golovin, Simon Virsaladze, Evgeny Spassky and others.

“A holistic image in such a synthetic form of art as a theater is created by the efforts of many artists: director, stage designer, composer, costume designer,” says the curator of the exhibition, the head of the “TOGETHER Art Project” Yulia Hambartsumyan. - They all talk to the viewer through the Actor and the stage action. At the moment when the action is stopped, we can take a closer look at those details that are inaccessible to momentary perception. "

Selected works:

George Toizdze. Alla Sizova in the image of Ophelia. "Hamlet". Composer D.D. Shostakovich. Ballet. Mariinskii Opera House.

George Toidze. Vladimir Atlantov in the role of Cavardossi. "Yearning". J. Puccini. Opera. The Bolshoi Theatre.

George Toidze. Natalia Bessmertnova in the role of Anastasia. "Ivan groznyj". Composer S.S. Prokofiev. Opera. Mariinskii Opera House.

Reference Information:

“Art project“ TOGETHER ”” was created by Julia Hambartsumyan and represents different directions in art. The main goal of the creative association is to hold major exhibitions in Russia and abroad.

Julia Hambartsumyan - graduated from Moscow State University in two specialties: lawyer and specialist in intercultural communications. She studied art with leading specialists of the Pushkin Museum. Pushkin, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow Museum of Modern Art. She also graduated from the Moscow school of design "Details" in the direction "Art in Design". Currently undergoing training at Sotheby’s London in the direction of "Art as an Investment". In 2009, as part of the Year of Russia in France, she regularly organized evenings and exhibitions at the French Embassy dedicated to the culture and art of both countries. Since 2010, he has been a personal consultant on the formation of private collections, as well as an art dealer of a number of famous contemporary Russian artists. In 2016, she held in Moscow a joint Russian-British exhibition "Our friend Larionov"