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

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