The Russian Academy Of Arts

The Russian Academy of Arts invites you to attend a panel discussion on the contemporary religious art that will take place on June 2-3, 2010 at 11 am in the White Hall of the Russian Academy of Arts, 21 Prechistenka street, Moscow.

Participants

Russian Academy of Arts, Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts of the Russian Academy of Arts: A.V. Ryndina; L.V. Shirshova; N.N. Mukhina; N.V. Bartels; A.L. Pavlova, A. Gamlitsky.
Icon Painting School of the Moscow Theological Academy: Archimandrite Luke (Golovkov); N.E. Aldoshina; E.N. Maximov; N.A. Mukhin; A.D. Kornoukhov.
St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture: A.K. Krylov.
Saint Tikhon’s Orthodox University of Humanities: G.S. Klokova; E.D. Sheko.
Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture: I.I. Glazunov; O.F. Shtykhno.

Icon Painting Workshops: “School of Russian Icon”: E.V. Knyazeva
“Sophia”: A.N. Shumikhin
“Cinnabar”: F. Lavdansky
“Image”: A.V. Eyteneyer; S.T. Eyteneyer
“Pattern”: K.A. Eyteneyer
“Cathedral”: A.Y. Bubnov-Petrosyan
“Traditions of the Golden Age”: S.N. Glotkin
“Icon Painting Workshop of the Grebennikovs”: M. Grebennikov. Icon painters:
Andrei Davydov; Nickolai Chernyshov; Vitaly Shumilov; A.V.
Artemiev; V. Kashinsky; A.I. Chashkin; I. Zaron; I. Kruzhkin; A. Soldatov;
A.A. Belashov; D.A. Efremova; A.F. Dvornikov.

Representatives of private museums of icons: “Foundation for the Russian Icon”; “House of Icons in Spiridonovka Street” and others.

On show will be works (originals and photo reproductions) by icon painters and icon painting studios from Moscow, Moscow Region, St. Petersburg, Yaroslavl, Veliky Novgorod; Suzdal; Tver; Ekaterinburg and other cities of Russia.

Topics to be discussed

1. A canon and liturgical creative work. Understanding of the canon by contemporary icon painters. The scope of creativity within the framework of the canon.
2. The diversity of art trends in the contemporary religious art and a problem of images. The Byzantine art, the 21st century icons, academic icons and icon painting: a larger range of sources. The selection of art guidelines depending on the region. The problem of an icon authenticity.
3. Religious and secular workshops: Common problems’ solving.
4. Icons in the context of a personal piety. Mass “production” and a private commission. The liturgical creativity and market demands.
5. The interior decoration of old and newly made churches. The selection of a “language” of icon painting depending on the structure of an architectural space.
6. Stylistic peculiarities in the work by Russian church artists outside Russia: Local traditions to be taken into account.
7. The urgent problem of today – searches for means of portraying newly proclaimed saints. The principles of iconography and stylistics formation.
8. The study and rebirth of ancient techniques. The results of the experience in the use of new decorative materials. The problem of legality in the use of mechanical reproductions of originals as well as computer technologies in the icon painting.
9. Professional art education for icon painters. The academic school and its contribution to the training of icon painters. The copying from old masterpieces as a necessary practice for young artists and an individual liturgical creative work.
10. The capital and province. The problem of reasonability of the establishment of a center for coordination of icon painters’ activity. The Russian Orthodox Church, the Russian Academy of Arts, art educational entities.
11. The contemporary icon as a potential object for collecting. Museums and shows of contemporary icons.

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