Christ Church Cathedral]: Sunday, 30 October 2011

Public opening Sunday October 30th, 5-8 pm.

Christ Church Cathedral will host the international art exhibition, "Icons in Transformation," after an acclaimed European tour that included cathedrals in Oslo, Helsinki, Hereford, Gloucester and Liverpool, among others. It is now touring the U.S. cathedrals. The exhibition is a 180-piece array of contemporary and traditional Russian Icons. The solo exhibit of contemporary icons is by Russian-born artist Ludmila Pawlowska and includes some 40 traditional icons painted by the monks of the Vassilevsky Monastery in Russia. The works have been specially designed with Cathedrals in mind. It is not necessarily an exhibition about icons, but about Ludmila's inspiration derived from the icons, her vision of their transformative power. Ludmila uses similar techniques such as many paint layers, along with the meaning of colors--yet she crosses the boundaries into transformation.

The Work of the expatriate Russian now living in Sweden is deeply influenced by traditional Eastern Orthodox icons. Mila's show comes with a collection of traditional icons made at monastery workshops in the years since a measure of religious freedom returned to Russia. There are as many as 180 pieces of Pawlowska's work, plus a collection of 24 traditional icons made by contemporary artists at monasteries in Russia.

Christ Church Cathedral]

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St. Louis, MO 63103

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