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Piotr Zareba Pera Museum used to attract attention with its exhibitions of significant artists. This time we can discover Marc Chagall’s Life and Love, collection of prints, drawings and paintings.The exhibition is an evidence of artist’s stormy life. His Jewish descent was the reason of his numerous migrations. “When we escape from Russia we first went to Istanbul. After we spent a few years there, we went to Paris and Rome,” wrote Chagall. “I know Constantinople… I mean, I know Istanbul very well. We lived there for two years on Büyükada, in a wooden house. We could see the other islands from there.”The exhibition contains illustrations of his autobiography My life written in the early twenties in Moscow. They are Chagall’s exploration into his Jewish-Russian origins, happy childhood in beloved family town Vitebsk and artistic experiences in Paris. His drypoint and gouache self portraits show his nature, his weaknesses, concerns and the way he perceived himself. We can look into his multi-faceted personality shaped by places he was forced to live in.Apart from reflection of Chagall’s life, the exhibition gives the visitor the chance of seeing his illustrations for The Fables by La Fontaine, Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol and books written by Bella Chagall, the artist’s first wife. We can also witness his extraordinary illustrations he made for the Bible. Thanks to his Slavic spirit, Jewish tradition and his deforming style of painting, they surprisingly differ from the common, traditional way of depicting biblical scenes. It is very hard to categorize Chagall as an artist. His artworks range between Fauvism, Cubism, Symbolism and even Surrealism. Moreover, the artist used to add elements of Eastern European Jewish folk culture, which made him an independent and outstanding artist.The Chagall exhibition at the Pera Museum is the latest in a series of […]