To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between China and Russia,“Within Inches”, the Exhibition of Russian Oil Painting of Small Size is jointly organized by nine museums across the nation such as Heilongjiang Art Museum, Shanghai Russian Formative Arts Gallery, Zhongshan Art Museum, etc., and to be opened to the public at Heilongjiang Art Museum from February 20 to March 15, 2019. The itinerant exhibition intensively displays a large number of Russian paintings of small size to nationwide audiences, which is a successful result of the indepth communication and cooperation between nine museums across the country.
俄羅斯油画曾对中国油画史的进程产生过深远影响,至今仍是中国主流油画创作的基本思路。其实除了主题性油画创作,俄罗斯油画大量的野外写生作品,因为体量不大以及未完成感较强,常常被排除在展览之外,难得一见。但是这些作品因为是艺术家野外的“逸兴”之作,不以功利性为目的,在笔触和色彩上颇具印象派画面的光色变化,具有较强的自由度,画面充满生机。在“方寸之间”,尽显自然的魅力,是对大自然的真实记录与情感流露。
黑龙江省与俄罗斯地缘相接,艺术交流频繁,接触俄罗斯油画的机会很多。黑龙江省美术馆近年来更是将俄罗斯油画纳入油画典藏的主要方向,对俄罗斯小幅写生油画的艺术价值十分认可。此次展览即是黑龙江省美术馆在多年收藏研究俄罗斯油画经验之上,与上海苏俄造型艺术馆、大连中山美术馆、常熟美术馆、河南省美术馆、深圳美术馆、温州美术馆、莞城美术馆、浙江肖峰&宋韧艺术馆馆际交流、深度合作的基础上,在“中俄建交七十周年”之际联合推出的俄罗斯小幅油画主题展。
这些作品尽管只有方寸大小,却具小幅之美。在全国展馆到处都是大幅力作的情形下,本次展览由南北九馆合作策划,以巡展的方式将方寸之美的小幅写生油画集中展示出来,奉献给南北观众。此次巡至黑龙江省美术馆,正值己亥年元宵佳节之际,特以此展为礼,以飨龙江公众。