The Art of Sculpture in the 20th-21st Century: Masters, Trends, Problems: International Research Conference at the Russian Academy of Arts

The Scientific Council for Historical and Theoretical Problems of Art History of the History and Philology Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences,   Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts of the Russian Academy of Arts, State Art History Institute of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, A. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts invite you to attend the International Research Conference “The Art of Sculpture in the 20th-21st Century: Masters, Trends, Problems” that will take place at the Russian Academy of Arts  (21 Prechistenka street, Moscow) on May 27-29, 2015.

THE CONFERENCE PROGRAM  

May 27, 2015 – Wednesday

10.00 am - Morning Session
To be led by A.V. Tolstoy
Venue: the White Hall of the Russian Academy of Arts, 21 Prechistenka street, Moscow

10.00 am – 10.30 am – Registration of participants
10.30 am – Opening of the Conference

Welcoming addresses from the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts, Scientific Council for Historical and Theoretical Problems of Art History of the History and Philology Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Conference’s Organizing Committee

Andrey A. Zolotov,  the Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow
On the Artistry and Authenticity in the work of Sculpture (Artist and Hero – In Relation to the Correlation of the Personalities)

Andrey N. Merezhnikov, B. Yeltsin Urals Federal University, Ekaterinburg
The Color Form. The Problem of the Polychrome Relief in the 20th Century (from M. Vrubel to V. Favorsky)

Sergey I. Orlov, Research Institute of Theory and History of Fines Arts of the Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow
The Sculpture and Expansion of a Subject

Alexander K. Yakimovich, Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts of the Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow
Marcel Duchamp’s Will. The Installation of the Museum of Philadelphia
Elena V. Vasilevskaya, the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
The “Subject” in the Sculpture of the Second Half of the 20th – Early 21st Century

Liudmila B. Freivert, K. Razumovsky Moscow State University for Technologies and Management
The Sculpturesqueness in Sculpture and Design  

14.30-15.00 – Coffee break

15.00 – Afternoon Session
To be led by O.V. Kalughina
Venue: the White Hall of the Russian Academy of Arts, 21 Prechistenka street, Moscow

Elena V. Gribonosova-Grebneva, M. Lomonosov Moscow State University  
The Romanticism of Choice. On the Search for a Synthetic Style in the Russian Sculpture of the 1920-s

Evgeny P. Alexeev, B. Yeltsin Urals Federal University, Ekaterinburg
“Plaster Sentries”: the Urals Sculpture of the 1930-s

Pavel E. Belsky, the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
From the History of the Use of Non-Traditional Materials in the Soviet Monumental Sculpture of the 1930-s – First Half of the 1950-s

Lyubov A. Slavova, the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
The Classic Tradition in the Easel Sculpture of Leningrad-Petersburg. The Collection of the State Russian Museum

Pavel P. Ignatiev, The Artists’ Union of Russia
The Sculptor Jacob Troupyansky and the 20th Century Petersburg Neoclassicism

Antonina B. Nefedova,  the State Darwin Museum, Moscow
Traditions and Innovations in the Work by V.A. Vataghin (1884-1969) (By the Example of the Sculpture Collection of the State Darwin  Museum)

Anna V. Vasilieva, the State Darwin Museum, Moscow
The Images of Extinct Animals in the 20th Century Russian Sculpture




15.00 – Afternoon Session  
To be led by M.A. Busev
Venue: The Hall of the Scientific Council of the Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts of the Russian Academy of Arts, 21 Prechistenka street, Moscow

Polina A. Trusova, the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg
“The Classic Greek or Classic Gothic?” Aristide Maillol’ Art in the Concept of the Classic Tradition of Maurice Denis

Andrey V. Gangan, St. Petersburg
Auguste Roden and Medardo Rosso: Formal Search as a Creative Method in the Sculpture of the Late 19th Century

Nina V. Getashvili, I. Glazunov Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture    
The Sculpture in the Work by Giorgio de Chirico

Xenia V. Orlova, the State Institute of Art History of the Russian Ministry of Culture, Moscow
The Sculpture of Joan Miro

Natalia D. Kortunova, A. Pushkin Moscow State Museum of Fine Arts
The Sculpture of Hans Arp. Nature as a “Pra-Module” of the Creative Work

Lyubov K. Krasnoselskaya, N. Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatoire
Religious Sculpture of Francesco Messina

Alina A. Zorya, the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
The Sculpture by Louise Nevelson in the Context of Art Practice of the 1940s-1970s.
The Conservatism and Innovations

Diana O. Krause, Moscow Museum of Modern Art
Giacomo Mantsu: the Sculptural Decoration of the Cappella Maggiore in the Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Milan  

May 28, 2015 – Thursday

10.30 am – Morning Session
To be led by T.A. Galeeva
Venue: The White Hall of the Russian Academy of Arts, 21 Prechistenka street, Moscow

Alexandra Y. Andreeva, History, Architecture and Art Museum-Reserve in Pereyaslav-Zalessky
Merkurov – the Authors’ Dialogues with Stone

Elena V. Butrova, S. Erzya International Art Foundation, Moscow
The 20th Century Eminent Russian Sculptor Stepan Erzya and Argentine

Lyudmila N. Doronina,  Moscow State Teachers’ Training University
The Exodus and Return: To the 90th Anniversary of Ernst Neizvestny

Yury P. Volchok, Research Institute of Theory and History of Architecture and City-Planning, Moscow
International Competition for the Monument to Victims of the Air Crash near Smolensk in 2010. The Jury Selection

Zhaukhar M. Appaeva, Nalchik
The Monumental Sculpture of Kabardino-Balkaria. In Search of the National Identity

Dina I. Akhmetova, G. Ibraghimov Institute of Language, Literature and Art of the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan
Objects of the Artist Ilghizar Hasanov

Anastasia A. Bezgubova, St. Petersburg
The Role of Graphic Feature and Silhouette in the Sculpture by Andre Hofmann and Vladimir Hofmann

10.30am – Morning Session
To be led by N.V. Getashvili
Venue: The Hall of the Scientific Council of the Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts of the Russian Academy of Arts

Leila S. Khasianova, the Russian Academy of Arts
The Creative Work by Marian Konieczny

Lukash Mickolai Sadovski, Academy of Fine Arts, Lodz, Poland
The Creative Work by Igor Motorai (1944-2014)

Elena I. Bulycheva, M. Glinka State Conservatoire in Nizhni Novgorod
“Angels” Exhibition Project of Igor Motorai in Piza

Mickhail Busev, Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts of the Russian Academy of Arts, the State Institute of Art History of the Russian Ministry of Culture, Moscow
Antique Motifs and Images in the Work by Paris Neo Avant-Gardists: Yves Klein, Christo, Cesar, Arman  

Victor A. Gavrilov (Votsky), St. Petersburg State University of Technology and Design
Anti-Spatial Utopia/ Apocalyptic Reminiscences in the Work by Christo

Sophia V. Kudryavtseva, St. Petersburg, the State Hermitage
Sculptural Roots of Architectural Images by Santiago Kalatrava

Natalia V. Schetinina, St. Petersburg State University
The Problem of Material in the Work by John Koons
  
15.00 – Afternoon Session
To be led by E.P. Alekseev
Venue: the White Hall of the Russian Academy of Arts, 21 Prechistenka street, Moscow

Maria A. Burganova, S. Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry
The Experience of Exhibiting the Sculpture of Modern Times  

Irina N. Sedova, the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
From the Experiment to the Monumental Image. Alexander Rukavishnikov: Sculptural Studio as a Creative Laboratory

Elena A. Zharova, the State Museum of City Sculpture, St. Petersburg
The Main Problems of City Planning and Placement of Monumental Art Works in the City Environment by the Example of New St. Petersburg Monuments in Honor of the Russian War History

Sophia V. Kasym, St. Petersburg, the Gallery of Modern Sculpture, St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture
The Project “The Second Life of a Tree’s Life”: from the Sketch to the Implementation  

Olga A. Krivdina, the State Russian Museum, I. Repin State Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, St. Petersburg; Boris B. Tychinin, the Central Museum of Railway Transport, St. Petersburg
The Monuments and Sculptural Objects Installed in Honor of the 300th Anniversary of St. Petersburg

Xenia A. Gileva, Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts
The Kasli Sculptor Alexander Gilev


Elena A. Batorova, the Moscow State Teachers’ Training University
The Modern Sculptor Dashi Namdakov

15.00 – Afternoon Session
To be led by O.A. Krivdina
Venue: The Hall of the Scientific Council of the Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts of the Russian Academy of Arts, 21 Prechistenka street, Moscow

Pavel V. Voinitsky, the Belarus National Technical University, Minsk, Belarus
A Step from the Soviet Pedestal: City Sculpture of Belarus in the Independence Period

Liya G. Bitsyutko, the Belarus National Technical University, Minsk, Belarus
The Interaction of Sculpture and Architecture in the Urban Environment of Towns and Cities in Belarus  

Nickolai A. Naumov, Moscow Union of Artists
The Dialectics of the Discrete and Continuous in the Form Creation for a Class of Sculptural Compositions

Irina Y. Perfilieva, the Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts of the Russian Academy of Arts
The Jewelry Plastic in Search of a “Pedestal”. Artistic Decorations of the Second Half of the 20th Century

Tatyana V. Malova, Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts of the Russian Academy of Arts
Museum Attendants. The Archeology of the “Classical” in Contemporary Sculpture

Margarita G. Plieva, the Institute of Civilizations, Vladikavkaz
Modern Genre Sculpture of the City of Vladikavkaz, the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania: Sources and Trends

Farida M. Minnigulova, the Ekaterinburg Museum Center of Folk Art “Gamayun”
  The Sculpture out of Scrap Metal: Quests and Discoveries in the Urals Contemporary Art

May 29, 2015 - Friday

10.30 am – Morning Session
To be led by S.V. Kudryavtseva
Venue: the White Hall of the Russian Academy of Art, 21 Prechistenka street, Moscow

Alexander G. Sechin, A. Herzen Russian State Teachers’ Training University, St. Petersburg
The Plastic Metaphor of Feminity – Pictorial Artistic Image Impregnated by Cues on Ancient Statues of Venus  

Elena A. Tyunina, Institute of TV, Business and Design, St. Petersburg
Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle. The Phenomenon of Creative Partnership

Natalia L. Nolde, I. Fedorov Moscow State University of Printing, Institute of Graphic and Book Art
Vadim Sidur’s Objects out of Metal and Mixed Materials

Ekaterina A. Nikolaeva, the Russian State Museum, St. Petersburg
The Artistic Image Semantics in Abstract Reliefs by A.N. Krasulina, M.A. Kastalskaya, V.V. Yashighin

Vera V. Rytikova, the State Museum of City Sculpture, St. Petersburg
Sketchers on the Art of L. Smorgon, I.Yaroshevich, D. Kaminker, R. Lotosha. The Sculpture in the Space of St. Petersburg. The 21st Century

Maria A. Sarycheva,  the Moscow Kremlin State History and Culture Museum-Preserve
Poetic Images in the Medal Plastic of N.A. Posyado    

10.30 am – Morning Session
To be led by P.V. Voinitsky
Venue: the Hall of the Scientific Council of the Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts of the Russian Academy of Arts, 21 Prechistenka street, Moscow

Vladimir I. Cheremkhin, A. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts; Olga A. Vasilieva, Moscow State Tretryakov Gallery; Ninel V. Ivanova, Moscow
On the Issue of Dating of the “Sitting Man” Sculpture from the Collection of  the Sculptor A.S. Golubkina Museum-Studio  

Liudmila O. Titova, Elena A. Barinova; the Affiliate of the State Museum of City Sculpture “M.K. Anikushin Studio”, St. Petersburg
M.K. Anikushin Studio – New Sculpture Museum in St. Petersburg. The Creation Experience

Vera V. Avdeeva, Tamara A. Galeeva, B. Eltsin Urals Federal University, Ekaterinburg
The “Icon” Reliefs by E.M. Malakhin (1935-2005)
in the Tideway of Post Avant-Garde Trends of the Last Third of the 20th Century

Dina D. Khisamova, the State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan
The Monumental Sculpture of Tatarstan in the 1990s-2000s: Ways of Hopes and Searches, Conservatism of the Mentality

Irina Y. Chmyreva, Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts of the Russian Academy of Arts
Photography. Sculpture. Photo-Sculpture.  The Space of Exhibitions of Photography and Modern Art in Moscow in the 1990-s

Olga V. Maryanovskaya, V. Vereschagin Moscow Studio of Artists of the Internal Ministry of the RF
The Creative Studio as a Training Center and Union of Artists-Sculptors of Various Generations  

Petr L. Baranov, Moscow Association of Art Historians
The Problem of Interaction of Sculpture with Other Types of Art at Recent Exhibitions of Moscow Sculptors

15.00 – Panel Discussion
To be managed by M.A. Busev
Venue: the White Hall of the Russian Academy of Arts, 21 Prechistenka street, Moscow

Svetlana K. Kazakova, Moscow Association of Art Historians
Modern City Sculpture: Dialogue with a Viewer

Polina I. Popova, Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg
The Sculptural Symposium as a Method of New Plastic Design Searches for the City Environment. On the Urgent Practice of Contemporary St. Petersburg Sculptors

Elena V. Yakhnenko, the State Museum of Ceramics and the 18th Century Estate of Kuskovo
The Sculpture in the City Space. On the Genres

Victor M. Erokhin, the Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow
On the Role of New Technologies in Modern Sculptural Practice (By the Example of the 3-D Laser Scanning Applied in the Medal Art)


Inessa I. Azbukhanova, the Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow
The Evolution of Plastic Thinking Principles

Olga V. Kalugina, Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts of the Russian academy of Arts, Moscow
Competitions  for Monuments to Be Erected in Present-Day Russia: the Problem of Selection and Artistic Quality

Free Discussion

17.00 – the Conference’s Closing Ceremony





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