Exhibition by the founder of the collective symbolism "Blue Rose" is called "Trip to Asia" and is devoted to works created under the impression from the trip to Tashkent, Bukhara and Samarkand. Painting Kuznetsova shade cloth bathrobes and East as well as photos of Soviet expeditions to the region. Tells Valentin Dyakonov.
".... Fabrics come from the collection of the former diplomat Tair Tairov, which is not without reason, believes that exotic patterns have a direct impact on the early European avant-garde. And, indeed, "Journey to Asia" can be read as a novel of education of this modernist, because for Kuznetsova meeting with the East was no less strong bridge to modernity than African masks - for Picasso. From the dreamy symbolist, author of the infinite "Fountain" Kuznetsov transformed into Asian things in the avant-garde in the spirit of "Jack of Diamonds", following the discoveries of plastic Natalia Goncharova and Mikhail Larionov ...."
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ps Collection Tairov (gowns, fabrics, rugs small objects 19 th century, is considered one of the best in the world, in Russia the best)