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SUMMARY:Three Capitals in the Life and Work of the Russian Artist Alexande
 r Florensky: St Petersburg-Tbilisi-Moscow (in Russian) - Alexander Florens
 ky
DTSTART:20210923T180000Z
DTEND:20210923T193000Z
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CONTACT:Ksenia Afonina
DESCRIPTION:This meeting with Leningrad-born artist Alexander Florensky\, 
 who works in Moscow but has recently spent more time in Tbilisi\, is an il
 lustrated journey to his favourite corners of three capital cities capture
 d in his work – St Petersburg\, Tbilisi and Moscow.\n\n*WHEN:* Thursday 
 23 September 2021\, 19:00 (BST)\n\n*WHERE:* Zoom\n\n*LANGUAGE:* Russian\n\
 n*FEE:* Voluntary donation (see below)\n\nPlease "REGISTER in advance":htt
 ps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vcu6grzIiHNe0pGkxHGPIC6cTt0O5T8tC
  (with your name and email address). After registering\, you will receive 
 a confirmation email with a Zoom joining link.\n\nSee this event on the "C
 amRuSS website":http://www.camruss.com/en/events/three-capitals-in-the-lif
 e-and-work-of-the-artist-alexander-florensky/.\n\n*About the speaker*\n\nA
 lexander Florensky is a painter\, graphic artist\, illustrator\, ceramist 
 and collector. Born into a family of artists in Leningrad in 1960\, he gra
 duated from the Department of Ceramics of Leningrad Higher School of Art a
 nd Design named after V. I. Mukhina (now the Saint Petersburg Stieglitz St
 ate Academy of Art and Design).\n\nHe was one of the founders of the famou
 s Mitki group of artists (1985-2005).\n\nHe has also been a member of the 
 St Petersburg Union of Artists since 1988 and is the author of numerous ar
 t\, cinematographic\, animation\, publishing and exhibition projects.\n\nT
 ogether with Ivan Sotnikov\, he co-founded the Painting and Drawing Societ
 y in 2004.\n\nFlorensky’s works are held in the collections of the Russi
 an State Museum\, the Hermitage (St Petersburg)\, the State Tretyakov Gall
 ery and the Pushkin Fine Art Museum (Moscow)\, as well as in many other mu
 seums both in Russia and abroad\, including the Victoria & Albert Museum (
 London).\n\nHe is the creator of illustrated ABCs of the cities of Jerusal
 em\, St Petersburg\, Voronezh\, Kiev\, Odessa\, Tbilisi\, New York and Mos
 cow\, as well as editions such as “Journey from Murmansk to Kirkenes” 
 and “Travel in Tuscany”.\n\nFlorensky has illustrated a number of publ
 ications\, including the Collected Works of Sergei Dovlatov.\n\nWhile ther
 e is no charge for our online events\, CamRuSS would welcome any donations
  towards the support of our volunteers’ efforts during this time.\n\nSug
 gested donation £5-£10. \n\nAll money raised by CamRuSS from membership 
 fees & donations goes towards organising events\, supporting community pro
 jects\, and essential technical and administrative costs.\n\nYou can send 
 your donations via:\n\n* a direct bank transfer (BACS) to the following ac
 count: The Cambridge Russian-Speaking Society\, NatWest Bank\, Sort Code: 
 60-11-30\, Account: 25395637\n\n* PayPal to the following email address: c
 amruss@camruss.com\n\nTHANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
LOCATION:Online
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