April 30, 2015 in Perm art gallery will be opened the exhibition "The Rear. Iron shoes", which is dedicated to the 70-th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic war.
For the first time in the exhibition practice of Russian museums, we raised the question of the role of culture in the rear, on the mobilization of spiritual forces of our people against fascist aggression, the preservation of cultural heritage.
There are new cultural centers in our country during the war . Perm – is a vivid example. There is evacuated collection of 10 museums, Kirov theatre, the artists of Moscow and Leningrad, here. They work together. The culture acts as an agitator and propagandist, has a great influence on the moral and psychological state of the residents.
The exhibition will feature:
– On the conservation of cultural property (Perm state gallery, Perm);
– About its work and regional theaters;
– On the role of the library, which kept more than 700 000 rare books from the Lenin library. The library was a real cultural center, which is hosted the exhibitions, concerts, worked with scientists who were preparing their papers. In this section you can look through the publications of the war years, to comprehend the exhibition material;
– On the role of the newspaper "The Star",
– About life on the home front (personal history through the artifacts brought by the inhabitants of the region);
– On the rear and the front (the front drawing, sketches artists, go to the companies are located in the region).
The exhibition will be built mainly on the material gallery – painting, drawing, propaganda poster, created in the gallery, on documentary materials. A feature of the exposition will be the participation of residents of Perm in the creation of the exhibition. They brought carefully preserved in the family of the evidence of the relatives in the rear or at the front. We are grateful to Perm historian, collector -A. Konstantinova for the generous contribution of the soul and exhibits in our exhibition.
"The rear. Iron shoes" is a story about the role of culture in the development and strengthening of statehood and such its active component, as a Russian province. It focused the presentation of the material on young people and, hopefully, will facilitate the retrieval of necessary lessons for the present in the preservation of culture and its potential in modern Russia. The viewers will see the new space, light, color, hanging works, equipment usual exhibition halls.
We are grateful to our long-standing and new partners: Perm DSK and the newspaper "The Star", a special issue which will be devoted to the exhibition.
I want to add that the exhibition is part of the larger project "Bridge of remembrance", where in addition to collecting artifacts written poems about war. All of these materials can be used not only on the website gallery, but also on the festive grounds, ethers etc.
Also, preparing a walking tour 9 students – 10 classes places in our city related to the war, and is composed of the "military card". In the fall of 2015 will be held the forum of the Union of Museums of Russia "Bridge of remembrance. Trains go East".
The exhibition is curated by Nadezhda Belyaeva.
The author of the exhibition is Kate Bochavar.
Architectural solution is Dmitry Merkushev.
Graphic design is Dmitry Merkushev.
The dates of the exhibition: April 30, 2015 – June 28, 2015
