Exhibition

Wooden Churches: Travelling in the Russian North 100 years after Bilibin

3 Jul 2008 – 25 Jul 2008

Event times

15.00-18.00, Monday to Friday

Cost of entry

Free

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The integrity between the landscape and the architecture of this wooden world is as striking to us today as it was to Bilibin. The basic simplicity of the log cabin construction and the extravagant fantasies superimposed on it are just as startling. Although the churches that remain are in varying states of decay and despite their neglect and the wrecking of their interiors, these extraordinary structures have a spiritual presence which commands respect even in the absence of their gilded icons. We hope that the photographs in this exhibition will help raise public awareness of the plight of these wonderful buildings and that more restoration projects will attract the funding they deserve. During our travels, the story of the hardships of the last century has been unavoidably felt — a story of Revolution, War, Communism and severe Northern winters. The photographs also tell of the lives of resilient people who have lived through extreme times in extreme places — a story of the Russian North.

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