Alexandra Fedorova Inner architecture – 2

Alexandra Fedorova Inner architecture – 2

Alexandra Fedorova Inner architecture  – 2
The new exotic series of paintings of Alexandra Fedorova can be described with a quote from Rudyard Kipling “an old deserted city, lost and buried in the jungle”. In The Jungle Book, it is possible to find a more detailed description of the deserted city: “Trees had grown into and out of the walls; the battlements were tumbled down and decayed, and wild creepers hung out of the windows of the towers on the walls in bushy hanging clumps. Continue reading

Pahom “YELLOW”

Pahom “YELLOW”

Pahom “YELLOW”
“What is good about conceptualism? A good thing is that at first an artist thinks and thinks then he comes up with an idea and only after that a work is created and everything results from the idea and it turns out that the artist is a clever man and I like being clever but not only clever but also witty like a good Bernard Shaw-type humorist I planned the exhibition YELLOW as a collection of folk pictures that is not burdened with intellectual Continue reading

Marina Fedorova 08.08.08

Marina Fedorova 08.08.08

Marina Fedorova 08.08.08
D137 gallery presents the fifth personal exhibition of a famous Saint Petersburg artist, Marina Fedorova. Unlike the previous exhibitions, that were initially composed of graphic images (“One Fine Day”, 2005), then of colorful spots of a glamorous life (“Autumn time”, 2006) and movies, episodes of the lives of simple Parisians (“To Live In Paris”, 2007), and lonely celebrities (“The Lonely”, 2008); this time, Continue reading

Alexander Strelets Little Men in The Void

Alexander Strelets Little Men in The Void

Alexander Strelets Little Men in The Void
Black and White Photography Last winter I found myself in Komarovo a village on the ice of the Finland Gulf. There were fantastic hummocks along the coast, it was snowing heavily, and there were seen lone figures of fishermen disappearing in the void and then coming back into reality again. This is when the title “Little Men in Void” occurred to me. Continue reading