COLLAGE ON VIEW
“The Second October Revolution”
at the Russian American Cultural Center Satellite
in Melville, New York, USA
14 August-8 September 2018
“The Second October Revolution” is an exhibition of collages by Dmitry Borshch.
Last October was the centennial of the 1917 revolutions in Russia. This year is the “silver” anniversary of what is sometimes called Black October: the constitutional crisis that befell Russians in 1993. Borshch calls it “The Second October Revolution”. “25 years ago, while staying with relatives in Moscow, I observed what was a genuine possibility of restoration of the Soviet Union, meaning the imposition of Soviet rule and governance on all the former republics of the USSR. I heard megaphone speeches by parliamentarians at their White House, promising exactly this and lamenting the Union’s dissolution. That was on September 26. On October 4, I was able to hear from New Arbat (then Kalinin Prospekt) tanks shelling the parliament building. My show is a dramatization of that and other actions ordered by Boris Yeltsin, which effectively ended attempts to restore the Union. The blackened floors of the White House I saw on October 8, a week before leaving Moscow, announced this end,” says Borshch.
The exhibition will travel to Saint Petersburg State University for an exhibition about the crisis in October, 4-26 October 2018.
Dr. Regina Khidekel curated “The Second October Revolution”, which is supported by funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and Materials for the Arts.
(adapted from the venue’s press materials)
INFORMATION
Russian American Cultural Center satellite space
105 New York Route 110
Melville, New York 11747 USA
(347) 662-1456
Hours:
Tuesday-Saturday, 11AM-7PM
Image:
President Yeltsin
by Dmitry Borshch
18″x14″
ink on paper and collage
2017
Courtesy of the RACC, New York