exhibition THE ART OF KULA DECEMBER 19-22, EXPOCENTRE, PAVILION FORUM

The 15th anniversary "ART OF THE DOLL" is rich in magnificent collections and projects like never before.The annual review of artists and creative associations working in the genre of the author's doll is always considered an obligatory item on the cultural calendar of Moscow, this exhibition is visited and visited specially; gallery owners, collectors, owners of art salons strive to get to the opening day. 

The number of projects is in the dozens, the number of exhibitions of artists is in the hundreds. It is not easy to cover the entire volume in one day. Come every day. Hundreds of artists and designers from Russia and abroad, thousands of dolls and Teddy bears, as well as exclusive New Year's toys, gifts, souvenirs and handmade interior items are all the main components of a big holiday, where everyone will find their own island of happiness and will take away magical impressions for the whole year.

The exhibition is famous for the premieres of new collections and collective creative associations, which artists prepare for a whole year, especially for December, especially for the "ART OF THE DOLL".

This year, the organizers have prepared new expositions:

- The guests will be greeted by the actresses of the M.N. Ermolova Theater - huge dolls from the new performance of the Silva theater;

- Two great primates of modern doll art: German artist Hildegard Gunzel and Muscovite Alexandra Khudyakova with a retrospective of works of incredible beauty and entertainment;

- The favorites of the audience are "like alive" Victorian girls and boys by Mikhail Zaikov, whose number of fans has long been in the millions;

- Christmas Tree Street: dozens of Christmas beauties decorated with thousands of original Christmas tree toys. Toys can be bought directly from the Christmas trees and taken away with you;

- Alexey Mikulin's Plasticine Moscow: recreated fragments of his beloved city, old apartments, the atmosphere of the capital of the 60s and 70s;

- The legendary Pinocchio family of Victor Nazariti. It has long been known among collectors that if you buy Pinocchio art, then you must buy it from Nazareth. At the exhibition, the artist from Tarusa will show the story of the aged Pinocchio and his extended family - children, grandchildren, nephews.

- The project of the workshop "Coast of the Winds" HANAMICHI-THE ROAD OF FLOWERS. Hanamichi is part of the unique stage of the medieval Japanese Kabuki Theater, where the characters of the play with accurately reproduced costumes and make-up will be located on the steps of the red staircase.

- The Moscow Museum of Doll History presents large-scale altar dolls by contemporary artist Lyubov Tabakova;

- Irina Myzina's Vakhtanov Gallery develops the possibilities of technological progress in application to Teddy bear. A few years ago, Irina Myzina showed the world's first bear generated by artificial intelligence, this year the audience will see the continuation of the sensational series.

- Ksenia Garanina's Gallery of Artistic images – a journey into the world of inner naivety with Modigliani, Chagall, Picasso and Yes Vinci.

- Sergey Sudakov with the Page project - a retro story that arose from the artist's desire to reproduce the characters of an old photo album found by chance;

- The Song of the Whales project by Ella Kim and Varvara Bobrikova will take the audience to the depths of the ocean. Unimaginably beautiful women with whale tails are heroes of myths and legends, made of fragile noble porcelain, as a conversation about the unity of man and the oceans, as an allusion to the fragility of the world and at the same time its infinity.

The Department of Transport of the City of Moscow, together with the ART OF THE DOLL exhibition, has prepared a special gift for residents of the capital , timed to coincide with the 15th anniversary of the exhibition, a photo project that can be seen from December 12 to 28 at the Prospekt Vernadskogo and Dynamo metro stations.

The main impressions are waiting for fans of the author's doll and Teddy bears at the exhibition itself in the pavilion of the Expocentre Forum. The most luxurious and expensive dolls of our time: porcelain, in costumes made of precious fabrics, with intricate hairstyles and fantasy hats of non-existent worlds, realistic - both alive and invented, exaggeratedly beautiful, bright, kind and mysteriously inaccessible, magically alluring and embodying our dreams, dreams, illusions. For this happiness, to break away from earthly worries and escape into the world of perfection, thousands of collectors love the genre of the author's doll, thousands of people of different ages are ready to walk for hours from exhibition to exhibition, diligently preserving their delight, taking impressions with them on holidays and beyond for the whole year.

"THE ART OF THE DOLL" is a meeting for like-minded people and colleagues in the creative workshop, this is a rare opportunity for buyers to communicate with their idols and learn firsthand the story of their new doll. These are plans and orders for the year ahead, inspiration, excitement, burning eyes and elation. An endless and multiplying stream of beauty, talents, creative experiments and discoveries over the years. New Year's Eve in Moscow really begins with this exhibition.

Three days that make everyone involved happier!

A richly illustrated catalog has been released for the exhibition.

Dates: December 19-22, 2024

Working hours:

December 19 (Thursday) - 11:00 - 20:00

December 20 (Friday) - 11:00 - 20:00

December 21 (Saturday) - 11:00 - 20:00

December 22 (Sunday) - 11:00 - 17:00

Location: Moscow, Expocentre, Krasnopresnenskaya embankment, 14, pavilion Forum

Organizer: Dolls of the World Foundation

Website: https://искусствокуклы .rf/

Director of the exhibition: Tatiana Ponomareva, email: dollmanege@gmail.com

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