Art on the Edges: Non-Conformists and Spirituality

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Tweed Museum of Art is proud to present a lecture series in reference to the current Soviet-era exhibition, “Art in Conflict,” curated by Dr. Marsha Zavialova. The exhibition features 34 paintings, sculptures, decorative art, and works on paper, on loan from the Museum of Russian Art (TMORA) to create dialogues between non-conformist and state-sanctioned art, from Stalin’s death in 1953 to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. “Art in Conflict” is on view at the Tweed Museum through August 9, 2020.

Carol Veldman Rudie joins us at the Tweed Museum of Art on February 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. to present Art on the Edges: Non-Conformists and Spirituality. This lecture focuses on the ways artists used religious visual symbolism to show alternative cultural realities. Veldman Rudie shares both the original context of these symbols as well as their use in later 20th century Russian art.

The use of religious visual vocabulary was forbidden to officially recognized Soviet artists, so non-conformist artists often used religious symbols to express their experience. In a society governed by a materialist philosophy, these symbols were often not used for religious reasons but to give an alternative view of the world. Exploring their use in the context of the Soviet art world opens another perspective on the artists’ work.

The event is Free. Please register via Eventbrite.