Project
Oskar Klever. The Dream – the White Horse
Category
Best Implemented Project of Temporary or Permanent Museum Exposition
About the project (provided by the applicant)
In the fall of 2023, the St. Petersburg Museum of Art held the exhibition that was the first large-scale event to introduce the audience to the works of Oskar Klever, an artist who worked in the 20th century (1887–1975). Inspired by the audacious trends at the turn of the century, Oskar Klever was a zealous follower of symbolism.
Thanks to the artistic design, the exhibition space became a theater-like place with three stages. The multimedia that accompanied water-color illustrations to the works by Andersen, Ibsen, and Tsvetaeva, papier-mache dolls illustrating Pushkin’s tales – all of these helped with representing the artist’s creative world. Unique archive records about Mr. Klever’s life were displayed at a stand-alone exhibition department.
Location
St. Petersburg, Russia
Project implementation year
2023
Project website
https://mispxx-xxi.ru/exhibitions/klever-oskar-son-belyy-kon/
Extra visual materials (photos, videos etc.)
Virtual tour of the exhibition https://mispxx-xxi.ru/video/virtualnyy-tur-po-vystavke/
Video based on illustrations to Andresen’s tales in Odense (Denmark) https://vk.com/video-25613647_456239730
Video based on illustrations to Tsvetayeva’s ‘Good boy’ https://vk.com/video-25613647_456239733
Video based on illustrations to Ibsen’s Peer Gynt https://vk.com/video-25613647_456239731
Video composition on Letters to the Princess and water-color Ghosts https://vk.com/video-25613647_456239732
Applicant
St. Petersburg Museum of Art in the 20-21st century, Manege Exhibition Hall
Authors of the project
Marina Jigarkhanyan, Museum Director – design concept
Vitruvi and Sons Studio, Sergey Padalko and Igor Musanov – artistic design
Project status
Implemented
