The exhibition “The Visual Arts of Mordovia” showcases key trends in the development of arts in the Republic, viewed in the context of the continuity of generations and preservation of traditional spiritual and moral values. It reveals the wealth and diversity of national imagery and motifs closely related to the history and traditions of the Erzya and the Moksha – two Mordvin ethnic groups related to the Finno-Ugric peoples.
The exhibition presents 60 works of painting, graphics, sculpture, decorative and applied arts by members of the Union of Artists of Russia.
The arts of Mordovia are diverse in terms of genres and types, employing a wide range of realist and avant-garde styles. In Mordovian art, traditions of Russian art are intertwined with mythology and folklore and creatively rethought in various unique forms.
The artists of Mordovia: the very first professionals, Stepan Erzya and Fedot Sychkov, and the classics, such as Vladimir Ilyukhin, Aleksandr Mukhin, Yevgeny Nozdrin, Aleksandr Rodionov, Valentin Popkov, Viktor Bednov, Igor Sidelnikov, Nikolai Makushkin, Marat Shanin, Lyubov Shanina-Trembachevskaya reveal in their art their love for their native land, ideas of morality and national spirituality, artistically rethinking the history and culture of the Mordovian people; while works by contemporary artists retain their regional characteristics and individuality as an independent phenomenon in the general context of Russian culture.
The exhibition “The Visual Arts of Mordovia” will be on display from 28 August to 29 September, 2024 in the exhibition building of the museum (Karl Marx Street, 24).
Exhibition curators: Katsiaryna Zapeka, researcher at the Exhibition Department of the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus and Ganna Kuzniatsova, senior researcher at the Department of World Art of the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus.
