City of West Hollywood to Host Only West Coast Exhibit of Works by Famous Russian Artist Ivan Djeneeff.News/Entertainment Editors & Arts Writers WEST HOLLYWOOD--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2002 The City of West Hollywood West Hollywood A community of southern California northeast of Beverly Hills. It is mainly residential. Population: 36,600. has been selected as the only West Coast venue to host the national travelling exhibition of more than 150 works by noted Russian emigre artist Ivan Djeneeff (1868-1955). Entitled "A Russian Odyssey: The Art and Times of Ivan Djeneeff," the exhibition will be displayed in the City of West Hollywood's Great Hall Gallery at Plummer Park Plummer Park is a park in West Hollywood, California, on the eastern side of the city. The east side of West Hollywood is dominated by Russian immigrants, and the park is a popular gathering place for Russians. , 7377 Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. Boulevard, beginning Saturday, April 27, 2002 through Sunday, May 26, 2002. Exhibit hours will be Tuesday through Friday, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Great Hall Gallery will be closed on Mondays. Admission to the exhibition will be free. "A Russian Odyssey: The Art and Times of Ivan Djeneeff" will take the viewer on a journey from pre-Revolutionary Russia to the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. during the four decades following the end of World War I. More than 150 works in various media and catalogue essays by noted scholars of Russian art and history chronicle Djeneeff's experiences in both Russia and America. This exhibition of unique Russian art includes oil paintings, watercolors and notebooks containing hundreds of Djeneeff's graphite graphite (grăf`īt), an allotropic form of carbon, known also as plumbago and black lead. It is dark gray or black, crystalline (often in the form of slippery scales), greasy, and soft, with a metallic luster. drawings. It chronicles his experience and the ways in which this emigre artist survived the loss of his homeland while creating a new life in the United States. The City of West Hollywood is home to one of the country's largest Russian immigrant populations. It has the nation's first and only Russian Advisory Board and hosts a variety of Russian cultural events throughout the year including the Russian Cultural Festival, a Victory in Europe Day For the end of the war in Japan and the Pacific Theater, see . Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day or VE Day) was May 7 and May 8, 1945, the dates when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the (V-E Day V-E Day Allies accept Germany’s surrender in WWII (May 8, 1945). [World Hist.: Van Doren, 506] See : Victory ) parade and a Yom Hashoa, a remembrance of victims of the Holocaust. The exhibition is made possible through the City's collaboration with the Meridian Meridian (mərĭd`ēən), city (1990 pop. 41,036), seat of Lauderdale co., E Miss., near the Ala. line; settled 1831, inc. 1860. International Center, a non-profit arts organization based in Washington, D.C. The non-profit Meridian International Center works with museums, embassies, local municipalities and other institutions to produce, present and circulate art exhibitions from around the world. For more information on the Ivan Djeneeff exhibition in West Hollywood, call Louise Grasmehr in the City's Public Information Office at (323) 848-6431 or Dan Laray in the City's Special Events Division at (323) 848-6307. Note to Editors: Please note changes regarding the opening date and location of the exhibit. |
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