"A Treasury of Oddities" to open in Vitebsk, BELTA was informed at the Museum of the History of Private Collections.
"A Treasury of Oddities" to open in Vitebsk, BELTA was informed at the Museum of the History of Private Collections.
The exhibition with this fully self-explanatory title will be open at this cultural institution from July 4. The exhibition will feature works created on specific bases using unusual materials. For example, watercolours on apple seed slices (visitors will need to use microscopes to view them), paintings on bird feathers, birch bark, sea pebbles, beach scenes on magnolia leaves, fascinating compositions made of multi-coloured buttons, and poplar fluff. And this is far from a complete list of unusual exhibits.
Quite interesting exhibits were provided by St. Petersburg artist Vitaly Kasatkin, who found his calling in oil painting. The material is applied to plastic using a specially developed tool, forming three-dimensional tactile textures on the surface. During the exhibition, several free masterclasses will be held under the guidance of the artist as part of the "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" festival. Participants will paint a map of Belarus and a landscape of Vitebsk using oil.
The main gem of "A Treasury of Oddities" is a model of the Church of the Nativity of Christ on Shipka, made of pure silver. The unique creation of Sergei Kaznacheev, a musical instrument tuner from Cheboksary, was created by the author over 26 years. The finest craftsmanship has received high praise and recognition from authoritative experts and art critics.
"Creativity is akin to a miracle. The material for it lies, grows, flies, swims around us – one just needs to look around carefully. Turning ordinary things into sources of art. At any moment, at any age, for oneself and for others, one can make the world amazing, extraordinary, fantastic," the museum emphasized.
The project was prepared by the Museum of the History of Private Collections in collaboration with the International Guild of Masters and the "Russian Lefty" Museum.