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SUMMARY:Three Capitals in the Life and Work of the Russian Artist Alexande
 r Florensky: St Petersburg-Tbilisi-Moscow (in Russian) - Alexander Florens
 ky
DTSTART:20210923T180000Z
DTEND:20210923T193000Z
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CONTACT:Ksenia Afonina
DESCRIPTION:This meeting with the Leningrad-born artist Alexander Florensk
 y\, who works in Moscow but recently spends more time in Tbilisi\, is an i
 llustrated journey into his favourite corners of the three capital cities 
 – St Petersburg\, Tbilisi and Moscow – which he has drawn in his work.
 \n\n\nWHEN: Thursday\, 23 September 2021\, 19:00 (BST)\nWHERE: Zoom\nLANGU
 AGE: Russian\nFEE: Voluntary donation*\n\nPlease REGISTER in advance (with
  your name and email address) here\, \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/reg
 ister/tZ0vcu6grzIiHNe0pGkxHGPIC6cTt0O5T8tC\n\nAfter registering\, you will
  receive a confirmation email with a Zoom joining link.\n\nSee this event 
 on the CamRuSS website\, \nhttp://www.camruss.com/en/events/three-capitals
 -in-the-life-and-work-of-the-artist-alexander-florensky/\n\n\nAbout the sp
 eaker\nAlexander Florensky is a painter\, graphic artist\, illustrator\, c
 eramist and collector. Born into a family of artists in Leningrad in 1960\
 , he graduated from the Department of Ceramics of Leningrad Higher School 
 of Art and Design named after V. I. Mukhina (today Saint Petersburg Stiegl
 itz State Academy of Art and Design).\nHe was one of the founders of the f
 amous Mitki artist group (1985-2005).\nHe has also been a member of St Pet
 ersburg Union of Artists since 1988 and is the author of numerous art\, ci
 nematographic\, animation\, publishing and exhibition projects.\nTogether 
 with Ivan Sotnikov\, he co-founded the Painting and Drawing Society in 200
 4.\nFlorensky’s works are held in the collections of the Russian State M
 useum\, the Hermitage (St Petersburg)\, the State Tretyakov Gallery and th
 e Pushkin Fine Art Museum (Moscow)\, as well as in many other museums both
  in Russia and abroad\, including the Victoria & Albert Museum (London).\n
 He is the creator of the illustrated ABCs of the cities of Jerusalem\, St 
 Petersburg\, Voronezh\, Kiev\, Odessa\, Tbilisi\, New York\, Moscow\, as w
 ell as editions such as “Journey from Murmansk to Kirkenes” and “Tra
 vel in Tuscany.”\nFlorensky has illustrated a number of publications\, i
 ncluding works by Sergey Dovlatov.\n\n\n* While there is no charge for our
  online events\, CamRuSS would welcome any donations towards the support o
 f our volunteers' efforts in bringing more speakers and online events duri
 ng the social distancing time.\nSuggested donation £5-£10.\nAll the mone
 y that CamRuSS raise from membership fees & donations goes towards organis
 ing events\, supporting community projects\, and essential technical and a
 dministrative costs.\nYou can send your donations by:\n- a direct bank tra
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 iety\nNATWEST Bank\, Sort code: 60-11-30 Account: 25395637\n- PayPal with 
 CamRuSS' email address: camruss@camruss.com\,\nor via this link\,\nhttps:/
 /www.paypal.com/donate/?business=camruss%40camruss.com\n\nTHANK YOU FOR YO
 UR SUPPORT!\n
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