To the 100th anniversary of the Revolution of 1917: The exhibition “Wind of the Revolution. Sculpture of 1918 - early 1930s” in Moscow

Within the framework of the project "The State Tretyakov Gallery opens its storages" from October 4, 2017 the exhibition "Wind of the Revolution. Sculpture of 1918 - early 1930s" is presented.

By the centenary of the revolution in Russia, the State Tretyakov Gallery opens an exhibition of works by sculptors who witnessed those historical events. The portraits of revolutionaries, workers and Red Army soldiers, projects of monuments created according to the plan of monumental propaganda of 1918, as well as works reflecting the spirit of the revolutionary era are on display. Special attention should be paid to the sculptural busts of N. I. Altman, which have not been shown since 1990, as well as the "Homeless" by I. N. Zhukov and the project of the monument to Karl Marx A. M. Gurdjan, never exhibited after the collection of the gallery in 1929.

Sculpture was that kind of art, which was asserted by the revolutionary authorities