On 6 June, the opening of the art exhibition “The Wing of Hope” was held in the mobile gallery of the National Library of Belarus (3rd floor, circular hall).
At the opening ceremony spoke: first deputy director of the National Library of Belarus (NLB) for user service and ideology Elena Dolgopolova; head of the NLB gallery and exhibition division and chairman of the International Guild of Painters Fyodor Yastreb; director of Minsk Psychoneurological home-asylum for old and disabled people № 2 Galina Mazurkevich; head of the art studio of the home-asylum Tatiana Biryulya. Representatives of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Belarus and the Committee for labor, employment and social protection took part in the event.
The exhibition presents works of artists-residents of Minsk Psychoneurological home-asylum № 2. Today their art is known as the “outsider-art”.
The exhibition includes the works of five authors. The paintings are made in various techniques: pastel, oil and graphics. The art of “outsiders” acquaints with a particular kind of vision of the world and offers a possibility for mutual spiritual enrichment.
The exhibition runs till 17 June, 2012.