Exhibition activity of the art crafts of the Msterskaya and Kholuyskaya lacquer miniatures in the 1930s.

Abstract

The subject of this study is the analysis of the exhibition activities of the Msterskaya and Kholuyskaya artels of lacquer miniature in the 1930s - the period of the origin and formation of these famous crafts of Russian folk culture. The purpose of this article is to show the beneficial role of the Soviet state in the development of folk art by the example of the participation of these crafts in Soviet and foreign exhibition projects. The author compares the events of the 1930s with the state of lacquer crafts in modern Russia and suggests using the Soviet experience of informational and organizational assistance to lacquer miniature crafts to overcome their current state of crisis. Using the method of comparative analysis, as well as the historical and systematic method of research, the author shows the success of the exhibition practices of the Msterskaya and Kholuiskaya artels in the 1930s, as well as the support provided to lacquer crafts by the state authorities of the USSR. The scientific novelty of the study consists in an attempt to overcome the prevailing view of the current crisis state of Russian lacquer crafts as a result of only insufficient "innovative" leadership on the ground. The author's position is that the reason for such a crisis state should be sought, first of all, in the general situation of the lack of real support for Russian lacquer crafts from the state, which is the main conclusion of the article.