Exhibitions: Dubini’s and Rozhkova’s women in a ‘Vis-à-vis’ show

(28 February 2017) Two artists – Kriss Guenzati Dubini and Ekaterina Rozhkova – and two completely different but complementary outlooks on the world of family and femininity. ‘Vis-à-vis’ is the name of the exhibition that will open March 7 at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Moscow. Dubini’s work provides a more traditional and intimate insight into the way to show the theme of family and femininity whereas Rozhkova’s work is more closely linked to to ‘external’ details and objects. The exhibition, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of Moscow in collaboration with the museum of decorative arts, will remain open to the public until April 10. The exhibition will also feature pieces from the Russian National Museum of Popular Applied and Decorative Arts; two traditional Russian shawls, one manufactured by A. Baranov at the end of the 19^th century, a selection of festive women’s hats from the 19^th century from the Vologda and Tver regions, a selection of laced fabric from the 20^th century from the norther regions of Archangelsk and Vologda. Also featured are some examples of Russian applied arts in woodworking: traditional wooden frames, windows of Russian cottages and hand-made objects that represent the zoomorphic world of archaic Russian mythology and tradition. (PO/Red)