Sunday, July 25, 2010

The "New" Tretyakov Gallery and Art Park

Across from Gorky Park is the arts area. When you take the tunnel under the street to get there, it is just full of artist stalls with various artwork for sale. When you first imerge on the other side, you are greeted by some wonderful statues, many very modern and others that are more tradional. Furhter along is a long tent-like structure with even more artists stalls and starving artists passing the time between customers with chess. Given the traffic at the time I would say that a lot of chess gets played.
Across the park is the very large "New" Tretyakov Gallery that appears to have been new a number of years ago. Like a lot of things in Russia and Moscow in particular, things are a little run down and very few things look new.
The cars are artistically decorated and very cute and the motorcyle and rider took some patience and the right moment to artistically complement the statue.
When I left the area to walk across the bridge that spans the Moscow River, I discovered yet another long string of artists stalls outdoors along the highway that parallels the south bank of the river.
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