Chagall and Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater, 1919-1949 (and further Online Exhibitions at N.Y.C. Jewish Museum)
The Jewish Museum, New York presented "the first exhibition devoted to the extraordinary artwork created for Russian Jewish theater productions in the 1920s and 1930s. The exhibition will bring to light a remarkable period in the early years of the Soviet Union when innovative visual artists, including Marc Chagall, Natan Altman, and Robert Falk joined forces with avant-garde playwrights, actors, and theatrical producers to create a theater experience with extraordinary mass appeal. Through paintings, costume and set designs, posters, photographs, film clips and theater ephemera - many of which have never been exhibited before- Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater, 1919-1949 will capture an exhilarating but fleeting moment in the cultural history of the Soviet Union."
Andrea Kirsh wrote an exciting article about "a fascinating exhibition" in theartblog.org
Even if the exhibition moves to the Contemporary Jewish Museum (San Francisco, from April 25 to September 7, 2009), selected artifacts and extensive information on the subject can be found on the Website of the Jewish Museum, New York
Further Online Exhibitions at N.Y.C. Jewish Museum are:
1) Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976
2) Off the Wall: Artists at Work
3) From The New Yorker to Shrek: The Art of William Steig
4) Camille Pissarro: Impressions of City and Country
5) The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson: Constructing a Legend
6) Dateline Israel: New Photography and Video Art
7) Light x Eight: The Hanukkah Project
8) Entertaining America: Jews, Movies, and Broadcasting
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