7 January - 20 January 2007 г.
One of the oldest St-Petersburg artists Musa (Muse) Viktorovna Oleneva-Degtiareva (77 years old) have prepared a real Christmas souvenir – 12 pictures describing life of dolls.
There are dolls drinking tea, flying balloons, both rural dolls - ninnies, and a masquerade, and dolls fighting, and some are slightly broken. With cheerful imagination the artist has added an installation to the exhibition.
M.V.Oleneva-Degtiaryova was born in Leningrad, went through blockade, for 20 years has worked as an artist at different theatres. Has prepared performances all around the country from Yakutsk up to Frunze (Bishkek). Then taught at director’s faculty of the Conservatory. Last years this tireless artist is engaged in painting.