The Stuttgart museum removed the signature “Russian artist” from the information about Alexandra Ekster
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The Stuttgart Staatsgalerie Museum has updated information about the representative of the Ukrainian avant-garde, the artist Oleksandra Ekster. Previously, she was signed as “Russian artist”. The Esthete newspaper reported about this with reference to the curator Anna Wetzler-Manyuk, who conducts tours of the Staatsgalerie in Ukrainian. UP.Kultura contacted Anna Wetzler-Maniuk and asked about the changes that the Staatsgalerie made on its website in the description of Exter’s work and life. The Stuttgart museum exhibits three works of Ukrainian art: the work of Oleksandra Ekster “Spanish Dancer” (1926) and two sculptures by Oleksandr Arkhipenko (“Flat Torso” in marble and “Flat Torso” in bronze). But the definition of “Russian artist” in Exter’s description was removed only recently. Updated information about Exter on the museum’s website. Screenshot from staatsgalerie.de The work “The Spanish Dancer” was commissioned by Exter for a film by the Danish director Pieter Urban Gad. She made 40 “mobile sculptures” out of materials like wood, metal plates, etc., with hinges that allowed them to move. Later, the collection of marionettes was distributed among museums and private owners. “The story began six months ago, when I was preparing material for the Klassische Moderne lecture at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. For Ukrainians, in the Ukrainian language. Then I noticed that Oleksandr Ekster’s website is presented as a “Russian artist” and there is no mention of Ukraine,” – says Anna Wetzler-Maniuk. “Spanish Dancer”. Oleksandra Ekster She emphasizes that in her lectures she always mentions the years of the artist’s life in Kyiv: “Although Ekster was not an ethnic Ukrainian, we know that she spent half of her life in Ukraine, and there she was formed as an artist.” Anna recalls that she emailed the museum and soon received a response. The Staatsgalerie wrote that “the next update is planned in the near future.” “And they sent me a new text, in which it was already mentioned that Exter lived, studied and worked in Kyiv. The updated information appeared in March,” she adds. Alexander Exter. Photo: WikiArt According to her, the Staatsgalerie is the only gallery she knows of in the city that exhibits Ukrainian art. “But I keep this topic in the field of vision and work to ensure that the information is verified. Not only in Stuttgart, but also in the region,” Wetzler-Manyuk said. “This is very important. First of all, it is a huge layer of our history, which was conveniently rewritten by the imperial fiction writers in their favor. Because of this, the world has no idea about Ukrainian art. Plus, from here we have an “inferiority complex” implanted in certain people, the statement about “younger brother” and a mountain of various unwise narratives. This must be corrected,” the curator emphasizes. In January of this year, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) changed the nationality of Mariupol-born artist Arkhip Kuindzhi from Russian to Ukrainian in its descriptions. He also added that it was the Russians who destroyed his museum in his hometown. Earlier it became known that the Metropolitan Museum changed the name of the painting by the French impressionist Edgar Degas “Russian Dancers” to “Dancers in Ukrainian Dress”. Last March, the National Gallery in London renamed Degas’ painting “Russian Dancers” to “Ukrainian Dancers”. Read also: Kiyanin Malevich and friends: the Ukrainian avant-garde, which was appropriated by Russia
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