Magical world of “Erarta”

Hi all, that adore cultural events! How are you, my dear friends? (do you hear the rhyme? I know I am superb, ahaha and modest). I hope the sun is shining where you are and if the weather is “sad” and the sky “is crying”, then perhaps the sun shines inside you!! Well, it should!

A lot of things has happened over the past couple of months, and I so much wish I could share all of experience, information, photos…so here I am with another story for you, my friends!

Today I would like to tell you about my quite recent visit to the Museum of Modern Art called “Erarta”.

I must say, I was warned in advance that it’s not as good as Saatchi Gallery (which is in London) and in many different aspects Erarta losing in comparison with the other London galleries and museums. Anyway, it was good that I was warned before the visit so I didn’t expect something really extraordinary and therefore I actually loved it.

Her Highness of Art “Erarta” surprised me already at the entrance: there was a very interesting sculpture in the form of a rotating sphere with different textures, lines, points, and so on. The main thing was that it (a ball or more precisely a disk) could be rotated! Interactivity is our everything! And two very unusual  statues at the entrance were also creating a sense of something magical and intriguing…

I propose that I will not talk about all the rooms, exhibitions and museum staff, but just tell you about the most memorable works of contemporary art that I saw there. Let’s get started.

My attention was drawn to the technique using colored tape. In my opinion, it’s a very interesting, bright, detailed and rather laborious work. Please have a look and judge yourself.

In this particular room (that I am talking about right now) there were works one way or another connected with the city on the Neva River, with some different facts, that were giving the city a charm, grandeur and individuality. And one of the things that shocked me and thus remembered was  St. Petersburg being the third largest city in Europe by the number of citizens in it. Prize-winning places were distributed as follows: 1. Moscow (12 million) 2. London (8 million), 3. St. Petersburg (5 million). Immediately I had a thought coming to my mind: it must be so hard to live in Moscow. Although, I must say that London with its big population has never provided me with the inconveniences, and even on the contrary – it gave me its love and it was mutual!

I do not remember what it was and how it was called, but for some reason I want to call it a “shattering reality.” (the photo below)

Magic carpet or “airplane-carpet”))) (in such moments, you realize that the genius lies on the surface)

There were also some self-portraits of the artists represented in the museum. All portraits were individual, unusual and many of them captured my attention, because each artist (and hence the portrait) had (and still has) its own soul! Here is one of them – quite creative, isn’t it?

And this was a creative and fun installation in the museum. I like it as it captured my attention! I always enjoy the things that stand out from the crowd. I can imagine that this work calls us to take any forms of art easy, especially in the modern world… or maybe vice versa: it is trying to draw our attention to the disappearing art which existed earlier.

What else…there was a plaque with a famous person’s statement about art on each floor, next to an elevator. I loved all of them and one particular I want to share with you, dear people!

I would translate it as the following: “An artist and a buyer are two crazy people. One paints a picture for no reason and another one buys it for no reason”© Boris Borsch.

I always kind of suspected that I was a little crazy, but Boris Borsch only confirmed this fact.

This is a painting made by Vladimir Migachev “Oil” written in 2008. In truth, I do not know what attracted me to this creation. In my personal opinion oil is a product that somehow associated with the pollution, something poisonous and not really natural (though it is so necessary in the modern world). And the picture itself is kind of dark and gloomy, it gives somewhat rainy, sad feelings … and at the same time I really liked it! Perhaps it corresponded to my inner mood at the time I was observing it. I am not really sure…

This was a 3D picture (or whatever it’s called?)) or it was just my split personality (you can see my reflection on the photo). It was nice to try a new fantastic face, even for a few moments.

Here it is!!! This is the masterpiece that won me over. In my opinion, this is just super! As many of you guessed it’s  “The dance” by Henri Matisse in its new interpretation with some dancing going on around the Christmas tree on Red Square in Moscow. I was just thrilled, but I am not really sure how Matisse would feel about it)))

Dolce and Gabbana – how can one live without them))) This painting was pretty huge (as the designers themselves). You may not understand from the photo but the work of art occupied a pretty large part of the wall. What did the author want to tell us by this? I cannot be sure but perhaps it illustrates the 21st century where your look is more important than personality and that people meet you by the clothes (at least for the first time). We can see the shirt and the huge one but there is not a person that wearing it.

And another very bold masterpiece – “The Last Supper” by Pavel Grishin. I think there is no need in any comments and, of course, it’s quite different when it’s seen live.

I would like to finish with the exhibition, that I was very impressed with, shocked, surprised…(and the other verbs that convey certain state of “Surprise”)). It was an exhibition of the Mad Hatter, a hairdresser and stylist, a Frenchman by his origin – Charlie Le Mindu. In truth, his biography really amazed be and inspired in some ways, and so I decided to upload a photo with the text of his life. Maybe you can be inspired as much as I was)).

Without saying much,  here are some photos for you. My dear friends, the only thing I wanted to mention is the fact that almost all the exhibits, dresses, wigs were made by Charlie and his team from natural hair!!! Thus I can conclude that probably all the materials can be used in the art field … but, you never know))

And this is me, your Cinderella (or the Queen of tires))

There will be more cultural events, great emotions, educational stuff and positivity going on so please stay with me, dear readers! I trully wish you all the best, my friends!