When: Thursday, November 10, 2011 (6:00–9:00pm)
Where: The Rubin-Frankel Gallery 213 Bay State Road Boston, MA 02215
Free and open to the public
The panel of guest speakers includes:
Alison Hilton, Ph. D. – the Wright Family Professor of Art History and director of M.A. Program in Art and Museum Studies at Georgetown University. Professor Hilton’s major area of research and publication is Russian and Soviet art with focus on nonconformist art, Impressionism, Russian folk art and women and gender issues.
Irina Karasik, Ph. D. – Art historian and senior research curator at the Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Dr. Karasik published extensively on Russian and Soviet art.
David Shneer, Ph. D. – Professor of History at University of Colorado. His work concentrates on modern Jewish society and culture, modern Russian and Jewish history, and the history of Jews and sexuality.
Joe Troncale, Ph. D. – Associate professor of Russian Literature and Visual Culture. Dr. Troncale curated two exhibitions of contemporary Russian painting and non-conformist art University of Richmond. He published on literature, film, and painting.
Lembersky’s art touches on universal themes of survival, resilience, memory, and spirituality—themes that are especially relevant today when our country is facing multiple military engagements, international upheaval, and the confrontation of totalitarian regimes by their people. Lembersky was a witness to such events two generations ago. His is a story of courage and the unrelenting pursuit of freedom, told through paintings and drawings that offer a vision of vitality and hope prevailing over violence and despair. His panorama of people and places is communicated in a visual language that evolves from realistic description to symbolic evocation, achieving a heightened expression that reveals unspoken truths. Lembersky was an artist, a teacher, and a champion of creative freedom at a time when non-conformism was persecuted.
