June 2 in the Voronezh Regional Art Museum. I.N. Kramskoy within the framework of the 7th International Platonov Festival of Arts held the grand opening of the exhibition “Alexander Tyshler. Game and hypocrisy. ”

Alexander Tyshler is a contemporary of Andrei Platonov, painter, stage designer, author of graphic series. The monographic exhibition of Alexander Tyshler’s works is an extremely rare phenomenon: the latter was held in 1998 in Moscow.

The exhibition presents more than 100 exhibits: works of painting, graphics, sketches of costumes and scenery from the collection of the State Museum of Fine Arts. A.S. Pushkin, as well as from the funds of the Theatrical Museum. A.A. Bakhrushin, Tula Regional Art Museum and the Voronezh Regional Art Museum. I.N. Kramskoy.

“The project was mainly created by the forces of our creative partners, with whom the Platonov Festival has been cooperating for the second year – the State Museum of Fine Arts. A.S. Pushkin “, – said the artistic director of the Platonov Festival of Arts Mikhail Bychkov.

According to the curator of the exhibition Anna Chudetskaya, senior researcher of the Department of Private Collections of the Pushkin Museum. A.S. Pushkin, after getting to know the program of the Platonov Festival, she wanted to offer something bright, which would be connected with painting, and with the theater.

The exhibition consists of five sections that reflect the themes that are important to the artist: “Man on Earth”, “Shooting topics”, “Love, or Dream of a beautiful lady”, “Theater” and “Caprichos”. Visitors will see such famous paintings by the artist as “Portrait of Anastasia Stepanovna Tyshler”, “Birthday”, “Balaganchik”, graphic sheet from the collection of the Voronezh Art Museum. I.N. Kramskoy “Seller of sticks” and much more.

“The exhibition opens first with you, and then in our department of personal collections on the Volkhonka. When we talk about the Platonov Festival, we say that this is the birthplace of a special creative energy. We hope that this creative energy will be transferred to our next projects. We would very much like to cooperate with the Kramskoy Museum. The figure of Tyshler in many respects is not open, it is the person who has lived practically all XX century. Some people speak of him as an abstractionist, others speak of a stunning set design. Grigory Kozintsev, when he wrote his work “Our Contemporary William Shakespeare,” devoted a whole chapter to Alexander Tyshler, believing that his works include all the brightest things that exist in the 20th century, “said the deputy director for research at the State Museum of Fine Arts them. A.S. Pushkin Irina Bakanova.

Director of the Voronezh Regional Art Museum. I.N. Vladimir Dobromirov emphasized that he is proud that the museum is taking such a large-scale project, and also noted that this exhibition reflects not just the chronology of Alexander Tyshler’s work, but his ideas, worldview.

To get acquainted with the exposition “Alexander Tyshler. Game and hypocrisy “is possible until July 2.

Admission price: for adults – 150 rubles, for preferential categories of citizens (pensioners, schoolchildren, students) – 120 rubles.

We draw your attention that on June 3 the exhibition “Alexander Tyshler. Game and hypocrisy “is open until 16.00.