* "Renewal and Metamorphosis" An interactive website lecture on 20th Century Russian photography from World War II to the 1990s (at Museum of Russian Icons)
"Renewal and Metamorphosis" An interactive website lecture on 20th Century Russian photography from World War II to the 1990s.
Murray Forbes, President of the Navigator Foundation, will present an interactive website lecture on Russian 20th century photographs from WWII to the 1990s. The photographs were featured in Navigator's acclaimed exhibition "Renewal and Metamorphosis," which was on view at the MIT Museum and the Fitchburg Art Museum in the mid-1990s. They images appeared in articles in The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, The Christian Science Monitor, and many local papers, and have been exhibited in art centers and galleries throughout New England. The photographs in this presentation reflect the Navigator Foundation's extensive collections of Russian photography that were gathered in Russia from 1987-1993. It features work previously unknown or unavailable in the U.S., including images that changed the understanding of the history of post war Russian Photography. Murray Forbes is a painter who majored in Russian studies,served in Army intelligence, and attended the Boston Museum School before studying in Italy and Poland. The Navigator Foundation has been active for more than 30 years with exhibitions around the world and awards from the Massachusetts Arts Council and the National Endowment of the Arts. Saturday, October 24th at 1pm.
$8 Members, $12 Non-members, $1 off with WOO card. Includes Museum admission. Pre-registration strongly suggested at 978.598.5000 x21. Registration fees are non-refundable.