"National Icon", an exhibition at the Prechistinke
 

The exhibition "National Icon" 19.06-16.09 2012, Museum and Exhibition Center, Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli hudozhestv.Galereya, Moscow, Prechistinka, 19

There is a catalog of the exhibition.

Exhibition amazing!

Very interesting! There icons are fantastic, especially liked the icon of the "Tri-hypostatic Deity," Thank you for fotografii.S Sincerely, Alexander.

Few of the exhibition catalog.

The strange title of the exhibition.

In what sense is the icon of "the people"?

According to my poll people stopped to see the meaning of the image.

Remember, S.Averintseva about "climbing the ladder of meaning" because the meaning shines through the image of the character?

It's a term of art criticism - the icons painted by professional painters are not , and improvised , written in the villages, as it is now said to be , amateurs , often interspersed with elements of pagan ritual and representations of a locality, in accordance with local guidelines and beautifully mannered and decorative feed .

In Ukraine they are called among experts and collectors of the "People's primitive, primitive, or folk icon Marketplace."

I would like to see a copy, as they say, "lists " or creativity? Hence the following question: Is this

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simple home-made reproduction of the market for , or preserved through the centuries understanding of the meaning of the image and the desire to have a reminder of this sense ? Is retained in the subconscious of the real information, such as this , which is described in the essay " Blago_darya " posted in my diary ?

No, not products marketplace , but the " tacit and secret images of Being ," as this John of Damascus , defending the dogma of the icons of the iconoclasts in the era of early Christianity.
This is folk art, all done with great faith , and simply, are these icons, an unusually charming ...