Museum of Russian Icons Spring 2019 Newsletter MoRI_SPRING_2019_newsletter web

NEWS
from the
MUSEUM OF RUSSIAN ICONS
Spring 2019
Jacques’
Menagerie
Hnizdovsky Prints from the
Christina & George Gamota Collection
Now through - July 7, 2019
The Museum of Russian Icons is pleased to present Jacques’ Menagerie:
Hnizdovsky Prints from the Christina and George Gamota Collection featur-
ing works by acclaimed Ukrainian-American painter and printmaker Jacques
Hnizdovsky and curated by Anna Winestein, director of the Ballets Russes Arts
Initiative.
Jacques Hnizdovsky, Ibex, 1972, woodcut
© 2019 Estate of Jacques Hnizdovsky / Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York
This exhibition presents highlights from a single collection of Hnizdovsky prints
(woodcuts, linocuts, and etchings) as well as one of his paintings, which are seldom
exhibited. The collection was assembled by Christina and George Gamota, a
Ukrainian-American couple who had a personal connection with the artist and
shared Hnizdovsky’s experience of displacement, hardship, and adaptation during
and after World War II, passing through the same displaced persons camps.
The works, mostly images of animals and plants, as well as an occasional por-
trait or still-life, acquired very personal symbolism for different members of the
Gamota family.  This show, presented in partnership with the Ballets Russes Arts
Initiative, tells the story of both Hnizdovsky and the Gamotas in the intimate
setting of the Museum’s Contemporary Exhibition Gallery.
Related Programs:
April 6: Celebratory Opening and Conversation with the Collectors.
May 4: Curator's lecture, Hnizdovsky in Context
June 22: Summer Solstice Concert and Celebration with renowned
cellist Yosif Feigelson
Ballets Russes Arts Initiative Members get two for one admission for
the duration of the exhibition.