Difference between revisions of "Petr Shvetsov and "Pandora's Box""
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===Two Ceramic columns (one Male, one Female) and a Tiled Pandora's Box, featuring Live Flies!=== | ===Two Ceramic columns (one Male, one Female) and a Tiled Pandora's Box, featuring Live Flies!=== | ||
At the Main Street Museum, 58 Bridge Street, White River Junction, 05001, www.mainstreetmuseum.org, 802.356.2776 | At the Main Street Museum, 58 Bridge Street, White River Junction, 05001, www.mainstreetmuseum.org, 802.356.2776 | ||
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And, in our front windows, a Menagerie of Living Flies, all locally produced and buzzing. “Pandora’s Box” is constructed from ceramic tile. You will never see anything like it! Or, perhaps you will. They are flies, and they will be doing the things that flies do. But you may not have seen flies in a Museum before. Now is your chance. Come and see it. | And, in our front windows, a Menagerie of Living Flies, all locally produced and buzzing. “Pandora’s Box” is constructed from ceramic tile. You will never see anything like it! Or, perhaps you will. They are flies, and they will be doing the things that flies do. But you may not have seen flies in a Museum before. Now is your chance. Come and see it. | ||
| − | '''Petr Shvetsov''' divides his time between St. Petersburg Russia and South Royalton Vermont. He works in painting, installations, and creates objects relating to history and the persistence of memory. | + | '''[[Petr Shvetsov]]''' divides his time between St. Petersburg Russia and South Royalton Vermont. He works in painting, installations, and creates objects relating to history and the persistence of memory. |
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He has exhibited at State Russian Museum, State Hermitage Museum (2004). His “Columbarium Project” was shown at the State Geological Museum, St Petersburg. And his work has been exhibited at "Nördlich Kunst/северное искусство/North Art" in Rensburg, Germany. Yugoslavia and other European venues. | He has exhibited at State Russian Museum, State Hermitage Museum (2004). His “Columbarium Project” was shown at the State Geological Museum, St Petersburg. And his work has been exhibited at "Nördlich Kunst/северное искусство/North Art" in Rensburg, Germany. Yugoslavia and other European venues. | ||
His work resides comfortably in various public venues, as well as the Main Street Museum, fi: the Russian National Library, the New York Public Library, the British Library, the Sakson State Library, Dresden, City of Odense, Denmark, Institute of Contemporary Russian Culture, Los Angeles, University of Iowa Library at Iowa City, the Kohler Art Library, University of Wisconsin at Madison to name but a few. | His work resides comfortably in various public venues, as well as the Main Street Museum, fi: the Russian National Library, the New York Public Library, the British Library, the Sakson State Library, Dresden, City of Odense, Denmark, Institute of Contemporary Russian Culture, Los Angeles, University of Iowa Library at Iowa City, the Kohler Art Library, University of Wisconsin at Madison to name but a few. | ||
Revision as of 14:01, 14 July 2010
Two Ceramic columns (one Male, one Female) and a Tiled Pandora's Box, featuring Live Flies!
At the Main Street Museum, 58 Bridge Street, White River Junction, 05001, www.mainstreetmuseum.org, 802.356.2776 From Friday 8 August – 12 October, 2008 Opening reception: Saturday, 9 August, 2008 from 6 to 8 p.m.
In his first exhibition in White River Jct, Mr. Shvetsov has created ceramic columns, looking ever-so-much like Russian stoves, images of faces draw, painted and glazed on their surfaces from American pin-up art from the 1950s and 60s. One male column. One female. And, in our front windows, a Menagerie of Living Flies, all locally produced and buzzing. “Pandora’s Box” is constructed from ceramic tile. You will never see anything like it! Or, perhaps you will. They are flies, and they will be doing the things that flies do. But you may not have seen flies in a Museum before. Now is your chance. Come and see it.
Petr Shvetsov divides his time between St. Petersburg Russia and South Royalton Vermont. He works in painting, installations, and creates objects relating to history and the persistence of memory.
He has exhibited at State Russian Museum, State Hermitage Museum (2004). His “Columbarium Project” was shown at the State Geological Museum, St Petersburg. And his work has been exhibited at "Nördlich Kunst/северное искусство/North Art" in Rensburg, Germany. Yugoslavia and other European venues.
His work resides comfortably in various public venues, as well as the Main Street Museum, fi: the Russian National Library, the New York Public Library, the British Library, the Sakson State Library, Dresden, City of Odense, Denmark, Institute of Contemporary Russian Culture, Los Angeles, University of Iowa Library at Iowa City, the Kohler Art Library, University of Wisconsin at Madison to name but a few.
