Exhibition of artists Maruki Iri and Maruki Toshi in Vladivostok

Abstract

In 2021, the Primorye State Art Gallery celebrated its 55th anniversary with the Fifty-Five Stories exhibition. Each of the displayed exhibits had a special history: provenance, restoration, attribution, etc. The gallery staff decided to tell the audience about the inner life of the museum and the items stored in it. Two black-and-white drawings by Maruki Iri (1901–1995) and Maruki Toshi (1912–2000), donated to the gallery, made it possible to tell about one of the first exhibitions of foreign artists, held in Vladivostok in 1990. The article is devoted to the description of the exhibition, exhibits donated to the Primorye Gallery, their place in the work of artists, Japanese and world art. Information about the graphic works presented in the article is introduced into scientific circulation for the first time. The relevance of this work is prompted by research interest in the insufficiently studied processes of mutual influence of Japanese and Western European art. Moreover, the exhibition of Japanese artists Maruki Iri and Maruki Toshi in Russia seems to be evidence of the indestructible creative ties between the two countries in the modern historical and cultural context, and its theme is a reminder of the true values of humanity.