История МАДИ: его истоки от России до Уругвая и Аргентины в 20м веке, музей МАДИ, Даллас,Техасс. 17 февраля - 18 июня 2006. Historic MADI: Its Roots. Artists from Russia through Uruguay to Argentina in 20th Century. MADI Museum, 3109 Carlisle Street, Dallas, Texas. The opening reception on Friday, February 17, 2006 from 5:30 to 8:00 PM. Lecture by Natalia Kolodzei on February 18 at 2PM. The MADI Museum, in collaboration with the Kolodzei Art Foundation, opens Historic MADI: Its Roots on Friday, February 17, 2006 running until June 18. Curators for the show are Dorothy Masterson and Natalia Kolodzei. The MADI Movement begun in 1946 by a group headed by Carmelo Arden Quin in Buenos Aires and is known for irregular shape canvases and bold geometric forms. In the exhibit are historical documents recently acquired by the Mastersons including possibly the only surviving copy of Arturo (1944) which includes the MADI manifesto by Carmelo Arden Quin. Dorothy Masterson’s research into early geometric artists from Uruguay and Argentina is realized in the show through the works of artists including the following; from Uruguay - Joaquin Torres Garcia, Rodd Rothfuss, Bolivar, Carmello Arden Quin and Volf Roitman; and from Argentina - Martin Blaszko, Caceres Sobrea, Ionesco, Diji Loan, Gyua Kosice and Ennio Iommi. With complete freedom, the MADI artists used a broad spectrum of avant-garde European art, including Russian Constructivism…as an inspiration for the MADI movement. Natalia Kolodzei concentrated on pre-MADI routes from Russia as well as explorations into the 20th century Russian Geometric abstraction. The artists in the show include El Lissitzky, Ilya Chashnik, Nikolai Suetin, Iakov Chernikhov, Alexandra Exter, Liubov Popova, Kazimir Malevich, Alexander Rodchenko, Varvara Stepanova, Leonid Borisov, Valentina Lebedeva-Lesin, Andrei Proletsky, Leonid Borisov, Leonid Lamm, Vyacheslav Koleichuk, San San (Alexander Karasev), Mikhail Molochnikov, Gennadii Zubkov, and Eduard Shteinberg. The works are borrowed from private collection as well as from the Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art. The Kolodzei Art Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit institution, organizes exhibitions in museums and cultural centers in the United States, Russia and other countries, utilizing the considerable resources of the Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art. The Kolodzei Art Foundation publishes books on Russian art, and also provides art supplies to Russian artists and organizes Russian-American cultural exchanges. The Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art consists of over 7,000 pieces by more than 300 artists from Russia and the former Soviet Union. Recent exhibition venues include the State Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia), The State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia), the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow), the Harriman Institute of Columbia University (New York), the Leepa-Ratner Museum of St. Petersburg College (Florida) and the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. For additional information about the Kolodzei Art Foundation or the Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art, call Natalia Kolodzei, Executive Director, at (732) 545-8425 or visit www. KolodzeiArt.org, or email Kolodzei@KolodzeiArt.org. The MADI Museum is housed with the law firm of Kilgore and Kilgore from whom they are partially funded; funding also comes from museum members and the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs. MADI Museum is located at 3109 Carlisle Street, Dallas, Texas 75204. For more information visit www.madimuseumdallas.org or call: 214-855-7802. ***