On October 24, the National Library hosted the opening of the exhibition "Adtulini – adsulini" ("From there – form here"), which is organized jointly with the Belarusian Union of Artists and introduces modern Belarusian insit art.
Insit art has long been in demand by the Belarusian audience, this is evidenced by the popularity of the famous drawings by Elena Kish, the works of Nikolai Tarasyuk carved in wood, landscapes on argolite and painted cirrates by Vasily Zhernosek, monumental woodwork by Ivan Suprunchik, etc. the features of such art were used by the world-famous Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, and modern Belarusian authors – Valentin Gubarev, Marta Shmatova and others. Naive art has always found and will always find its way to the heart of a simple person and an interested art critic.
The exhibition features works by Belarusian artists Yuri Petkevich and Irina Knyazeva made in painting, graphics, and decorative art.
Yuri Petkevich, an artist, poet, writer, widely known in Belarus and abroad, offers viewers unique combinations of fine and literary art, examples of the elite direction of book art – "Artist's books" (Livre d'artiste), made in graphics and painting.
The work of Irina Knyazeva, a senior researcher at the State Museum of the History of Belarusian Literature, an exhibition participant and an inspired creator, is represented by her illustrations for the publications of the Belarusian children's writer Tatiana Dashkevich. Fun, direct works are transferred to the dynamic space of children's games, discoveries and searches.
The exhibition "Adtulini – adsulini" ("From there – form here") introduces the viewer to modern Belarusian insit art, which, according to artist Irina Knyazeva, comes "from there and from here, in different ways" – is born from the ancient traditions of the Belarusian heritage, in everyday discoveries, intuitive inventions, from experience and observations that leave the greatest impression in the creative soul.
The event was attended by Lyudmila Vysotskaya, Deputy Director General of the National Library of Belarus, Natalia Sharangovich, First Deputy Chairman of the Belarusian Union of Artists, art critic, Yuri Petkevich, artist, writer, laureate of international prizes, Irina Knyazeva, artist, senior researcher at the State Museum of the History of Belarusian Literature.
The world of sincere feelings, sensitivity and humour welcomes all our guests!
The exhibition will be open until December 18, 2023.
The date of its completion can be changed.
The opening hours of the exhibition corresponds to the library’s opening hours.
Entrance to the exhibition is available by the library ticket or ticket of the library's social and cultural center.
Phone for inquiries: (8 017) 368 37 37.
The material was prepared by the Public Relations Department.
