Birds and Flowers

A beautifully painted metal tray is a unique kind of folk craft that has been flourishing in the village Zhostovo, Moscow Oblast, for almost two centuries. The first workshop was organised by the local peasants, brothers Vishnyakovy, in 1825.The main motive of painting is a floral bouquet: garden and wild flowers of different shapes and sizes intertwine on a black background. There are no fixed patterns in this sort of painting. The Zhostovo artists mainly use their own imagination and creativity, so there are never two identically painted trays.

The exhibition “Birds and Flowers” in the Darwin museum will present the artworks of the Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation Marina Domnikova. Marina graduated Fedoskino School of the miniature painting and learned the skill of painting from the great Zhostovo artists. She perfectly mastered the technique and developed her own creative motives and images to fully express her feelings and emotions overwhelming the soul. Marina says that she would like to cover the cold tray with the most tender, bright and luminous colours to make it look warm and radiant.

Marina Domnikova is the Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation and was awarded various medals for other creative achievements. Her works are kept at the State Russian Museum, Mytishchi History and Art Museum, Yaroslavl Art Museum, art galleries of Vologda region and Mytishchi district, the State Museum and Exhibition Centre "ROSIZO", Russian culture centre in Budapest and private collections in Russia, Germany, Slovakia, the United Kingdom, the USA, France, Canada, Japan.

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