Description of the attraction
The City Municipal Exhibition Hall of the Department of Culture was founded in 1997 in the city of Petrozavodsk. In 2002, the exhibition hall was transformed into a Municipal Cultural Institution called the City Exhibition Hall, which is one of the largest and most famous exhibition grounds in the heart of the city.
About 12-14 exhibitions are presented every year. The exhibition hall presents graphics, sculpture, painting, media art, photography, and many other types of visual arts. Thematic, as well as group exhibitions of qualified and professional artists from Petrozavodsk, other Russian cities and from abroad - this is precisely the vast scope of interests of the proposed exhibitions.
One of the most important directions in the work and activities of the City Exhibition Hall is related to contemporary foreign art, especially in the Nordic countries. During the existence of the museum, exhibitions of artists from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and the Faroe Islands have been held here more than once. In addition, the exhibition hall hosted a number of international shows and screenings, which included works of great masters from Italy, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Georgia, Japan, USA, Lithuania, France and Germany. The most memorable of these exhibitions were exhibitions: "Modern Scandinavian Glass" in 2003, "Poster. Double Visit”2002 and many others.
Among the considerable number of exhibitions that were organized by the City Exhibition Hall, there are two projects intended for long-term viewing and leading through historical development. Such exhibitions include: "Aquabiennale", as well as the "Impressions" triennial. The project "Aquabiennale" annually for two years has been collecting in the city of Petrozavodsk numerous works of watercolors from many countries. The Impressions project is an exposition dedicated to contemporary art, as well as to the numerous and varied types of imprinting of various kinds of images on various surfaces: film, paper, clay and others. At the very center of attention of the international project are: photography, production graphics, video art, numerous varieties of mixed techniques and computer generation.
The City Exhibition Hall is considered one of the modern multicultural centers of Petrozavodsk. From October to May, on the small stage of the hall, ancient chamber music, folklore, jazz and bard songs, beautiful in the style of modern times, sound. Numerous concerts, excursions to exhibitions, literary evenings, lectures on the development of art, as well as master classes by popular artists are an integral part of the exhibition "repertoire". This kind of rich and versatile program, which is offered to visitors of different ages and interests, makes the exhibition hall an especially attractive and universal point on the tourist map of Petrozavodsk.
The main feature and distinctive feature of the Petrozavodsk City Exhibition Hall is the focus and focus on the quality and professionalism of the works presented at the expositions. In addition, the exhibition hall offers the widest possible range of themes, phenomena and names represented by contemporary visual art, which are so popular with a large number of true connoisseurs of art.
