Museum of Russian Icons Spring 2019 Newsletter MoRI_SPRING_2019_newsletter web

NEWS from the MUSEUM OF RUSSIAN ICONS Spring 2019 Jacques’ Menagerie Hnizdovsky Prints from the Christina & George Gamota Collection Now through - July 7, 2019 The Museum of Russian Icons is pleased to present Jacques’ Menagerie: Hnizdovsky Prints from the Christina and George Gamota Collection featur- ing works by acclaimed Ukrainian-American painter and printmaker Jacques Hnizdovsky and curated by Anna Winestein, director of the Ballets Russes Arts Initiative. Jacques Hnizdovsky, Ibex, 1972, woodcut © 2019 Estate of Jacques Hnizdovsky / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York This exhibition presents highlights from a single collection of Hnizdovsky prints (woodcuts, linocuts, and etchings) as well as one of his paintings, which are seldom exhibited. The collection was assembled by Christina and George Gamota, a Ukrainian-American couple who had a personal connection with the artist and shared Hnizdovsky’s experience of displacement, hardship, and adaptation during and after World War II, passing through the same displaced persons camps. The works, mostly images of animals and plants, as well as an occasional por- trait or still-life, acquired very personal symbolism for different members of the Gamota family.  This show, presented in partnership with the Ballets Russes Arts Initiative, tells the story of both Hnizdovsky and the Gamotas in the intimate setting of the Museum’s Contemporary Exhibition Gallery. Related Programs: April 6: Celebratory Opening and Conversation with the Collectors. May 4: Curator's lecture, Hnizdovsky in Context June 22: Summer Solstice Concert and Celebration with renowned cellist Yosif Feigelson Ballets Russes Arts Initiative Members get two for one admission for the duration of the exhibition.