Maya Pritsker,Novoye Russkoye Slovo, American-Russian Daily, March 12, 2001
      “Female's View” from Russia

CASE, the Museum of Contemporary Russian Art, decided to respond to the “woman’s month” traditionally being held in March, by arranging its own exhibition, with women artists from the former USSR and Eastern Europe (now living in the USA). Altogether there are 12 participants working in various genres. Here you can see the photographs by Eveline Bernstein, jewelry by Elisabeth-Ann Tockoly, painting on silk by Alla Sviridenko, sculptures by Sharon Bednarchick, and many other things. The most interesting thing is the video program prepared by Nina Zaretskaya, Director of Art Media Center “TV Gallery”. Nina founded this gallery in 1991. The main trends of her work are as follows: research of the creative possibilities of video, collection of cultural life’s video archives, and production of TV programs and films about art. Zaretskaya brought to America a selection of short video films (1.5 min. - 12 min. long) united by one name – “Female"s View”. The only one really “long” film (almost 26 min.) is by Victoria Ukhalova, showing the action called “The Morning of Poetry” where such famous St. Petersburg artists as T. Novikov and A. Khlobystin take part. Timur Novikov appears in some more video films, including an ironical 6-min. interpretation of Griboedov’s “Wit Works Woe”. Another interesting exhibit is a 10-min. “Bruner’$ Trial” by Olga Stolpovskaya, based on the famous “action” of Alexander Brener who had inscribed the “$” sign on K. Malevich’s picture “The White Cross” exhibited in Amsterdam Stedelik Museum. The film was shown at all most famous European festivals of independent cinema, and was purchased by New York MOMA.
Altogether there are 24 films in the compilation, which are very different and interesting in their own way.