Galina Kakovkina
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Galina Kakovkina ─ Russia
n artist, a painter, representative of the Nizhny Novgorod
underground, one of the founders of the creative association of artists Cherny Prud (Black Pond).
In 1987 at an exhibition in Moscow
at VDNKh All-Russian Exhibition Centre one of Galina's works gained a medal. Soon some paintings were purchased by The Vladimir
-Suzdal
state historical, architectural and art museum-reserve.
In 1987 Galina Kakovkina with friends establishes creative association "Cherny Prud".
In 1990 Galina Kakovkina took part in big projects "Drugoe pokolenie" ("Other generation") and "Drugoe pokolenie-2" ("Other generation-2"), that gathered the best artists from the Volga region
, who's creative work was out of the system of "socialistic realism". Authors of the project were Lubov Saprykina and Anna Gor (art directors of the "Caryatid" gallery, later — of the Nizhny Novgorod
branch of the State Centre for Contemporary Art
). Exhibitions took place in Moscow
(Central House of Artist), Nizhny Novgorod
(Nizhny Novgorod
State Art Museum).
In 1995-1996 Gallery "Caryatid" spends the series of Galina's personal exhibitions ("Walk in the Garden", "Between a Thing and Emptiness", "Time Name"), and also Galina Kakovkina and Liubov Saprykina together with the Nizhniy Novgorod TV create video project "Painting Interpretation".
In 1998 Nizhny Novgorod
Exhibition Center held Galina's personal exhibition "Light. Fragments", in which she tries to identify light as the mystical category. On her canvases solved in very dark scale of colors, light is presented by rare and very bright patches - flashes of hope in the world of shades.
1999 Nizhny Novgorod
State Art Museum presented an exhibition named "Composition with the Road", ", where author continues the theme of road, opened in “Walk in the Garden” .
Theme of a way was the most full and deeply developed in "The Way Home" project (Nizhny Novgorod
State Art Museum, 2008).
In 2010 Galina Kakovkina represents the exhibition project "Boat" after more than two years of intensive preliminary work. In this project the artist considers semantic components of such concepts as the Boat, Water, the Vessel. The boat as an image performs an archetype
and generates variety of associations and hints. Therefore, the artist uses many of them for the fullest disclosing of a boat theme - as rescue means, as dwelling, as a vessel and as a ritually-ceremonial symbol of transition in other world. The project has been presented in Cosa in Se gallery, Nizhniy Novgorod.
“Cherniy Prud” played a considerable role in a cultural life of the province and returned public interest to true, independent art. Members of the association held a lot of exhibitions in native city, in the Volga region
and in Moscow
.
The most complete collection of works by artists of the creative association “Cherny prud” is located in the Chuvash
State Art Museum.
Nizhny Novgorod
State Art Museum,
Chuvash
state art museum (Cheboksary
),
Republic Mary-L Fine Arts Museum (Yoshkar Ola),
State Museum and Exhibition Center ROSIZO (of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation),
Museum of Landscape (Plyos),
The State Vladimir
-Suzdal
state historycal, architectural and art museum-reserve,
Novocheboksarsk
's Art Museum,
Ulyanovsk
Regional Art Museum, etc.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n artist, a painter, representative of the Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
underground, one of the founders of the creative association of artists Cherny Prud (Black Pond).
Creative activity
Her creative biography began with regional exhibition in 1976. Within next several years she took part in many flat exhibitions of nonconformists.In 1987 at an exhibition in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
at VDNKh All-Russian Exhibition Centre one of Galina's works gained a medal. Soon some paintings were purchased by The Vladimir
Vladimir
Vladimir is a city and the administrative center of Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located on the Klyazma River, to the east of Moscow along the M7 motorway. Population:...
-Suzdal
Suzdal
Suzdal is a town in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, situated northeast of Moscow, from the city of Vladimir, on the Kamenka River. Population: -History:...
state historical, architectural and art museum-reserve.
In 1987 Galina Kakovkina with friends establishes creative association "Cherny Prud".
In 1990 Galina Kakovkina took part in big projects "Drugoe pokolenie" ("Other generation") and "Drugoe pokolenie-2" ("Other generation-2"), that gathered the best artists from the Volga region
Volga Region
Volga Region is a historical region of Russia that encompasses the territories adjacent to the flow of Volga River. According to the flow of the river, it is usually classified into the Middle Volga Region and Lower Volga Region...
, who's creative work was out of the system of "socialistic realism". Authors of the project were Lubov Saprykina and Anna Gor (art directors of the "Caryatid" gallery, later — of the Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
branch of the State Centre for Contemporary Art
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
). Exhibitions took place in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
(Central House of Artist), Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
(Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
State Art Museum).
In 1995-1996 Gallery "Caryatid" spends the series of Galina's personal exhibitions ("Walk in the Garden", "Between a Thing and Emptiness", "Time Name"), and also Galina Kakovkina and Liubov Saprykina together with the Nizhniy Novgorod TV create video project "Painting Interpretation".
In 1998 Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
Exhibition Center held Galina's personal exhibition "Light. Fragments", in which she tries to identify light as the mystical category. On her canvases solved in very dark scale of colors, light is presented by rare and very bright patches - flashes of hope in the world of shades.
1999 Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
State Art Museum presented an exhibition named "Composition with the Road", ", where author continues the theme of road, opened in “Walk in the Garden” .
Theme of a way was the most full and deeply developed in "The Way Home" project (Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
State Art Museum, 2008).
In 2010 Galina Kakovkina represents the exhibition project "Boat" after more than two years of intensive preliminary work. In this project the artist considers semantic components of such concepts as the Boat, Water, the Vessel. The boat as an image performs an archetype
Archetype
An archetype is a universally understood symbol or term or pattern of behavior, a prototype upon which others are copied, patterned, or emulated...
and generates variety of associations and hints. Therefore, the artist uses many of them for the fullest disclosing of a boat theme - as rescue means, as dwelling, as a vessel and as a ritually-ceremonial symbol of transition in other world. The project has been presented in Cosa in Se gallery, Nizhniy Novgorod.
Cherny prud
“Cherny prud” (“Black Pond” Group) - a creative association, founded by a group of artists, mostly representatives of the Nizhny Novgorod underground in 1987.“Cherniy Prud” played a considerable role in a cultural life of the province and returned public interest to true, independent art. Members of the association held a lot of exhibitions in native city, in the Volga region
Volga Region
Volga Region is a historical region of Russia that encompasses the territories adjacent to the flow of Volga River. According to the flow of the river, it is usually classified into the Middle Volga Region and Lower Volga Region...
and in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
.
The most complete collection of works by artists of the creative association “Cherny prud” is located in the Chuvash
Chuvash
Chuvash may refer to:*Chuvash people*Chuvash language*Chuvashia, a republic in Russia*Çuvaş, Azerbaijan...
State Art Museum.
Museum collections
Galina Kakovkina's works are in museum collections:Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
State Art Museum,
Chuvash
Chuvash
Chuvash may refer to:*Chuvash people*Chuvash language*Chuvashia, a republic in Russia*Çuvaş, Azerbaijan...
state art museum (Cheboksary
Cheboksary
-Twin towns/sister cities:Cheboksary is twinned with: Eger in Hungary Antalya in Turkey Santa Clara in CubaAlso Partnerships are shown with: Rundu in Namibia -External links:****...
),
Republic Mary-L Fine Arts Museum (Yoshkar Ola),
State Museum and Exhibition Center ROSIZO (of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation),
Museum of Landscape (Plyos),
The State Vladimir
Vladimir
Vladimir is a city and the administrative center of Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located on the Klyazma River, to the east of Moscow along the M7 motorway. Population:...
-Suzdal
Suzdal
Suzdal is a town in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, situated northeast of Moscow, from the city of Vladimir, on the Kamenka River. Population: -History:...
state historycal, architectural and art museum-reserve,
Novocheboksarsk
Novocheboksarsk
Novocheboksarsk is a city in the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located about east of the republic's capital city of Cheboksary, on the southern bank of the Volga River. Population: -History:...
's Art Museum,
Ulyanovsk
Ulyanovsk
Ulyanovsk The city is the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin , for whom it is named.-History:Simbirsk was founded in 1648 by the boyar Bogdan Khitrovo. The fort of "Simbirsk" was strategically placed on a hill on the Western bank of the Volga River...
Regional Art Museum, etc.