FEMININITY’S REDRESS
2002

Laskoviy Revansh
Novoye Russkoye Slovo, April 10, 2002

Nina Zaretskaya, a graduate of the Moscow State University, Humanities, began her professional life as a TV journalist during the perestroika in Moscow. Later, in 1991 she became one of the first women gallerists in Russia (i.e. the founder and owner of an exhibition space) and chose the field, which she knew very well and which was becoming the most fashionable trend in pictorial art – video. The gallery is called Art Media Center "TV Gallery" and exists to present day, arranging exhibitions where foreign masters of the genre take part as well. But the founder of the gallery more and more often can be seen in New York where she is "building bridges" showing films at New York festivals and arranging exhibitions.

At C.A.S.E Museum, Jersey City, there is running an exhibition arranged by Zaretskaya with the financial assistance of Soros Foundation. Presenting the works of 11 women artists from Moscow, St. Petersburg, New York and Jersey City, the exhibition is aimed at search of a fresh aspect of a "female theme", which set everyone’s teeth on edge. In particular, Zaretskaya says that there is a cardinal difference between Russian and American feminism, and the works exhibited reflect these distinctions.

The exhibition’s name is "Femininity’s Redress". Well, this redress turned out to be pretty soft and non-aggressive, with a great deal of talent and humor.

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