Musée Imaginaire
A major study of interrelationships among works of art, created by the artist Mihail Chemiakin
Steps, Ladders, Stairs in art. Absurdist Stairs
![Лестница Адама Макьюэна](https://assets-global.website-files.com/6450d2a81a2aa7286390e0af/6454dfbf0c26daaedf890a47_adam-mcewen.webp)
The Staircase, Adam McEwan, 2016
Ladders
![Лестница Рэйчел Уайтред](https://assets-global.website-files.com/6450d2a81a2aa7286390e0af/6454dfbf6836171b42ed361e_rachel-whiteread.webp)
Untitled, Rachel Whiteread, 2001
Ladders
Chemiakin’s analytical Method
The research is based on comparative analysis and the juxtaposition of related works from varying cultures and eras
Mihail Chemiakin
Mihail Chemiakin
artist, theatrical designer and director, researcher, teacher
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...There is not enough generalization and synthesis in art. We believe ourselves to be separate, unlike one another, but later we begin to understand that spaces interweave. When similar images arise in totally different contexts we realize how united we are
The material archive of Mihail Chemiakin’s Musée Imaginaire
Since 2007 Mihail Chemiakin’s research laboratory has been located at the Chateau de Chamousseau in France, where the artist continues his analytical work. Chemiakin’s studios and art library are also located at Chamousseau
Mihail Chemiakin has been working on his Musée Imaginaire for
60 years
He has collected, analyzed and systematized
3 000 000 reproductions
These images have been sorted into
Over 1 000 ongoing themes
![Фотография архива материалов](https://assets-global.website-files.com/6450d2a81a2aa7286390e0af/64517ce45d5e5e406ce31ae8_archive-vertical.webp)
The Musée Imaginaire’s archive
![Фотография замка Шамуссо во Франции](https://assets-global.website-files.com/6450d2a81a2aa7286390e0af/64517ce3547e2297f76b9802_castle.webp)
Chateau de Chamousseau, Villedieu-sur-Indre, France
![Фотография архива материалов](https://assets-global.website-files.com/6450d2a81a2aa7286390e0af/64517ce435d9d83f28c8a303_archive-horizontal.webp)
The Musée Imaginaire’s archive
The material archive consists of sheets of black paper with reproductions pasted on them, juxtaposed by theme on the principle of visual similarity
The Digital Musée Imaginaire
The digital platform was created in 2023 using the digitalized archive of Mihail Chemiakin’s Musée Imaginaire
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![Картина Джона Стюарта](https://assets-global.website-files.com/6450d2a81a2aa7286390e0af/645264f74b8430f66daf0140_flowers.webp)
John Steuart Curry, Kansas Cornfield 1933
Flowers
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Conserves
The platform is a data base of 200 000 images from the archive, collected and interpreted by Mihail Chemiakin over 60 years
Systematizes data
The themes of Mihail Chemiakin’s Musée Imaginaireare organized in galleries of images for the convenience of users and researchers
Produces results
The platform is intended to help users study interrelation ships in art, deepen their knowledge of art and apply the material viewed to their own academic and artistic work
Outreach of Mihail Chemiakin’s Musée Imaginaire
The project includes not only research, but also books, exhibitions, master-classes, lectures and documentary films
![Letters, Words, Text in Art](https://assets-global.website-files.com/64510f5343ee43556d57d371/648f473be3917880c2fc8a4c_book-word-2015.webp)
Letters, Words, Text in Art
Monograph based on material from Mihail Chemiakin’s Musée Imaginaire, 372 p., 2014
![Cuts in Art](https://assets-global.website-files.com/64510f5343ee43556d57d371/648f46dfe3917880c2fc4591_razrez2014.webp)
Cuts in Art
Exhibition, Mihail Chemiakin Foundation, Saint Petersburg, 2014
![Children in Art](https://assets-global.website-files.com/64510f5343ee43556d57d371/648f46a9fb56e48f604f38f5_children2013.webp)
Children in Art
Exhibition, Mihail Chemiakin Foundation, Saint Petersburg, 2013
![Seats of… Chairs in Art](https://assets-global.website-files.com/64510f5343ee43556d57d371/648f4678d557a43ba6f8994e_seats-of-2013.webp)
Seats of… Chairs in Art
Exhibition, Museum of the Imagination, Hudson, New York, USA, 2013
![Cries in Art](https://assets-global.website-files.com/64510f5343ee43556d57d371/648f46591b1f0757945333d9_shout-2010.webp)
Cries in Art
Exhibition, Mihail Chemiakin Foundation, Saint Petersburg, 2010
![Images of Death in Art](https://assets-global.website-files.com/64510f5343ee43556d57d371/648f4630dc2a09b635c8f5b5_death-2010.webp)
Images of Death in Art
Exhibition, Mihail Chemiakin Foundation, Saint Petersburg, 2010
![Not made for walking: The Shoe in Art](https://assets-global.website-files.com/64510f5343ee43556d57d371/648f45f61b1f07579452ea42_shoe-2009.webp)
Not made for walking: The Shoe in Art
Exhibition, Museum of the Imagination, Hudson, New York, USA, 2009
![Out of focus: Blurred Images in Art](https://assets-global.website-files.com/64510f5343ee43556d57d371/648f45b66580fa05b76d8709_blured-2006.webp)
Out of focus: Blurred Images in Art
Exhibition, Museum of the Imagination, Hudson, New York, USA, 2006
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