Pavilion for artistic presentations

This square pavilion is intended to be installed temporarily on public spaces, including next to major museums or theatres, for the purpose of realizing short-term / seasonal art projects. With a floor area of 130 square meters, the pavilion was made for the State Tretyakov Gallery in order to demonstrate ProYavlenie, a mediaproject which reproduces all the stages of the creation of ‘Christ’s Appearance Before the People’, the famous picture by Aleksandr Ivanov. The installation consists of a canvas which has been made to precisely the size of Ivanov’s picture (540 x 570 cm), on which all Ivanov’s sketches and preparatory studies are projected in succession, illustrating the painstaking process of artistic quest. The pavilion’s structure is a frame which can be assembled and taken apart; the frame has a special fabric surface which imitates wet concrete. This approach has made it possible, on the one hand, to create a volume which is extremely simple to install and use and on the other to metaphorically underline its role as a ‘canvas’. The pavilion’s principal façade is divided horizontally into three equal segments, of which the two side segments face inside the volume, forming diagonal entrance apertures. These elements, together with the circular skylight in the roof, enrich the pavilion’s space with the play of chiaroscuro and at the same time create a more intimate atmosphere for immersion in the world of the work of art.