International art project "The Way of the Cross"

On January 25, 2018 at 16 o'clock in the National Art Gallery "Hazine" of the State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan an international exhibition project "The Way of the Cross" opens, timed to the centenary of the tragic events in Russia associated with the October Revolution of 1917. The exposition is a continuation of the anniversary exhibition that took place in the year of the 400th anniversary of the Romanov's House in Tyumen, then in Tobolsk and Sviyazhsk.

In 2018, the exhibition, held at the National Art Gallery "Hazine" of the State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan, is the starting point in the series of travel expositions in various regions of our country. Ahead Tyumen, Tobolsk, Kurgan, Novosibirsk, Gorno-Altaisk, Barnaul and other cities. The project, designed for two years, is carried out within the framework of the experimental creative workshops of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the Russian Academy of Arts, and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan.

The exposition includes more than 150 works reflecting the whole spectrum of religious art (icon, gold embroidery, miniature, carved icon, mosaic), as well as religious painting, graphics, applied art and art photo.

The project was attended by artists of the section "Religious Art" of the TLC of Russia from various regions of Russia, as well as artists from Georgia and Finland.

One of the main ideas of this project is the idea of ​​preserving and developing the historically established traditions of the religious school of icon painting and traditions of the Russian spiritual heritage that have been formed for several centuries. The project aims to identify new positive trends in the Russian culture of Orthodox art, to show the emerging schools and directions, to give an opportunity to a huge number of viewers not only to join the traditional Russian traditions, but also to see the new in Russian Orthodox culture.

Nikolai Petrovich Chibisov, project manager:

The title of the project is connected with human destinies. Everyone, no matter whether he believes or not, bears his cross over life. Some people break under its yoke, others bring it with honor. When the tragic events of 1917 turned the established foundations, history, ideology, destinies, breaking and ruining everything in its path, not everyone could stand in this cycle. Who was nobody - he became everything, and the new world was never built. People with their ideology went underground. Closed churches continued to serve God, gathering flocks, and people kept faith in themselves, carrying them through life and passing on to others. No ideology could replace the holy of holies. In memory of these tragic events, this project was organized, which will be held across Russia by the Cross procession, carrying its cross and contributing to the preservation of the national culture of Russia.