We invite you to join us for a gallery talk in conjunction with Caution! Freedom: Contemporary Art from Russia on Saturday, October 5 at 2 pm. The talk will begin with cultural scholar Mikhail Gurevich presenting samples of Post-Soviet to late Soviet animation. Julia Gelman of Gelman Gallery will then discuss the history of her gallery and provide insight into how this exhibition came to be. The talk will be followed by audience questions and discussion.
Mikhail Gurevich – cultural scholar and critic, writes on literature, theater and film, with special interest in animation, puppetry, experimental theater and cinema. Festival organizer, selector and juror; documentary filmmaker; educator; editor; interpreter and translator.
Born in Moscow, Russia, 1953; currently lives in US. Published numerous reviews, articles, essays in major Russian periodicals; and later – in specialized and academic press in Europe and North America.
Julia Gelman was born and grew up in Chisinau, Moldova, where she earned a master’s degree in architecture and worked as an interior designer. In 1988, together with her husband Marat Gelman, they relocated to Moscow, and in 1990, they opened the Gelman gallery.
Apart from the gallery, she launched the J&M Gelman Hand Print Studio, which produced silk- screen prints, and Shaltai-Boltai Design Gallery for production of art objects and merchandise in collaboration with several artists from the gallery.
In April 2012 Gelman Gallery closed, and in 2014 she moved to Chicago with her daughter Eva, joining the rest of the family.