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FRAGMENTS FROM THE PAST SERIES:
Anatoly Pronin
"Behind the Porous Curtain"
Curated by Regina Khidekel
This photography exhibition showcases 18 works by Anatoly Pronin that capture the Soviet period of artistic inspiration of the 1970's, as the post-Stalin Thaw opened a pathway through the iron curtain for modern Western art and culture to enter the Soviet Union. Most of Pronin's photographs were shot behind the theater curtain, capturing the private and almost intimate world of rehearsals with iconic figures such as George Balanchine, Roland Petit, Laurent Terzieff, and Marcel Marceau.
Monday, January 23rd - Saturday, March 10th, 2012
Opening Reception: Tuesday, January 31st, 6:00 - 8:00pm
The Harriman Institute
Columbia University
420 West 118th Street (at Amsterdam Ave), 12th Floor
Manhattan

For more information please call: (646) 831-0554

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COMPLETE CONCRETE Part 2
"Lazar Markovich Khidekel – the Rediscovered Suprematist"
The current exhibition is curated by Dorothea Strauss, Director of the Haus Konstruktiv Museum, in co-operation with Ettore Gualtiero Robbiani. It presents previously unexhibited work and architectural models according to original plans. Over 150 works are on display, documenting Lazar Khidekel's development from Cubo-Futurism to Suprematism, including his urban-development designs for a green city, which from today's perspective seem foresighted, almost prophetic.
Exhibit Introduction by Dorothea Strauss, Director of the Haus Konstruktiv Museum: Russian Suprematism – a Foundation Stone of Art from the 20th and 21st Centuries.
January 25th through April 28th, 2012
www.hauskonstruktiv.ch
Historic Landmark - The Leuenhof
Bahnhofstrasse 32, Zurich, Switzerland

Curated by: Dorothea Strauss

Pyotr Otlan
"My Memories of Lazar Markovich Khidekel"
(in Russian)

Regina Khidekel
"On the Visionary Power of Russian Suprematism"
Dr. Regina Khidekel, art historian and exhibition organiser currently living in New York, looks after the estate of Lazar Khidekel together with her husband Mark Khidekel, the son of this Russian artist. Lazar Khidekel, born in Vitebsk in 1904, was one of Kazimir Malevich's students at that city's legendary art school founded by Marc Chagall and is part of the second generation of Russian suprematists. In her lecture, Regina Khidekel addresses the significance of Khidekel's work, sheds light on how Jewish culture in Vitebsk influenced the development of suprematism and presents the art-historical context of the period around 1920. The lecture is to be held in English and is realised in cooperation with OMANUT, an organisation promoting Jewish culture in Switzerland. Dorothea Strauss, director and curator of the Lazar Khidekel exhibition, shall give a brief introduction.
Monday, January 24, 2011, 6:30 pm
www.hauskonstruktiv.ch
Haus Konstruktiv
Selnaustrasse 25, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland

Tibet and the Occult:
Prof. Andrei Znamenski
"Red Shambhala"
Prof. Znamenski details the zealous Bolshevik commissar Gleb Bokii's and renowned occult writer Alexander Barchenko's attempts to use Tibetan Buddhist wisdom to conjure a divine era of Communism by tapping into a power of mysterious Shambhala, a prophecy about a land of pure mystical bliss where inhabitants enjoyed god-like capabilities.
Wednesday January 25, 2012 @ 7:00 PM
Rubin Museum of Art
150 W. 17 Street
Manhattan

Маленький театр | Little Theatre - Dress Rehearsal
"Оставь окно открытым | Leave the Window Open"
Based on the childern's book Karlson that Lives on the Roof
A play by Victoria Ulanovskaya, Aleksandr Rudoy and Andrey Ivanov

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Saturday, January 28, 2012 - 1 PM and 5 PM
Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 2 PM
917.519.2495, 917.353.8532
Lang Hall at Hunter College
424 Hunter North
East 68th St., 4th Floor, btw Park and Lexington Avenues
Manhattan

RACC is proud to be a part of:
A documentary project by Director Slava Tsukerman
Producer Regina Khidekel
"Mayakovsky in New York"

For more information please call: (646) 831-0554

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS

RACC Exhibition Series: From the Annals of our Past:
Photography by Lev Poliakov
"RUSSIA - A PORTRAIT"
Lev Poliakov was a part of the circle of Leningrad poets, writers and musicians awakened by the short period of thaw. By his own words: Given the circumstances of our amazing Soviet reality … the atmosphere was quite interesting and intellectual thought raged, but it still was censored. I discovered for myself the language through which I can say anything and I do not have to use words. Since that I entirely devoted myself to this work.
TBD March 2012
The Harriman Institute at Columbia University
420 W.118th Street @ Amsterdam Ave
Manhattan

Curated by: Regina Khidekel

Photography by Alexander Royzman and writings by Mick Stern
"Exhibition New York in Your Face"
   "So many people in this city! Strange to think
   I see their faces for only a second
   but they will have their face forever"
TBD

2009 RACC Gala
The RACC extends a heartfelt Thank You to our esteemed guests, as well as the many businesses and individuals who made our Annual Gala such an overwhelming success. It could not have happened without your commitment and participation!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 6:00 PM
Ana Tzarev Gallery
24 West 57 Street
Manhattan

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