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On February 29, the National Library of Belarus held the grand opening of the exhibition "In Search of a Living Soul", dedicated to the 215th anniversary of the classic of Russian literature, novelist, playwright, publicist Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol.
The exhibition presents works by contemporary Belarusian artists, members of the Belarusian Union of Artists, as well as students, undergraduates and teachers of the Belarusian State Academy of Arts, students and teachers of the I. V. Akhremchik Gymnasium College, students of the Nesvizh Children's Art School. The exhibition includes pictorial fantasies, graphic reflections, digital experiments dedicated to the work and personality of the writer.
Cozy landscapes, humorous portraits, vivid abstractions, font compositions, characteristic image features, vivid character features and plot interpretations by more than 30 authors combine in the exhibition space into a modern portrait of Nikolai Gogol.
The exhibition is complemented by publications from the collections of the National Library of Belarus. The exhibition features many richly illustrated lifetime and later editions of Gogol's most famous works – the collection "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka", the poem "Dead Souls", the play "The Inspector", satirical prose. There are also translations into Belarusian made by Kondrat Krapiva, Mikhail Mashara, Maxim Luzhanin, and publications about the personality and work of N. V. Gogal.
The exhibition will run until June 9, 2024 at the Atrium Gallery (3rd floor).
The completion date can be changed.
Admission is by the library card or by the social and cultural center ticket.
The working hours of the exhibition correspond to the working hours of the library.
For more info: (+375 17) 368 37 37.
The material was provided by the Public Relations Department.
