Dates: 10.02–29.02.2020, Mon–Sun, 10:00–20:00
Opening reception: 11 February 2020, Tuesday, at 19:00
Admission is free.
All works are available for purchase.
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Arseny Kraynyukov is a professional artist. A participant in international exhibitions and a laureate of youth competitions of the Moscow Union of Artists. His works are held in private collections in Russia, England, Italy, and China.
From childhood, Arseny traveled extensively through provincial towns, absorbing the local color and the unhurried rhythm of life. He observed people and their way of living, seeking to understand the values by which they live. In the artist’s own words, he has managed to live the life of each character on his canvases — a sailor, a chess player, a musician. That is why the subjects of his paintings are simple and clear to everyone, creating a sense of shared experience and finding a response in every heart. In his works, Arseny strives to reveal the beauty of the everyday and to celebrate the triumph of being.
Arseny’s new project, presented by Kvartira S gallery, brings together works from different years. Each period of the artist’s practice has its own themes and technique. The exhibition is rooted in warm Crimean memories, where for nearly a decade the author made sketches and studies.
Soviet artists had a profound influence on Arseny’s formation. At the same time, absorbing the color of the Post-Impressionists, he developed his own philosophy of color, through which the viewer gains an additional bond with the author.
“In my work, color is freed from the light-and-air illusion of space and becomes the primary element in the construction of the picture plane,” the artist says.
In his works, Arseny turns to the plastic solutions of the early Renaissance masters and deliberately mixes solid and liquid materials, which, in the author’s view, creates a full and vibrating surface where pigments, layered one upon another, form a textural ground for his color decisions.
The exhibition invites the viewer to slow the pace of urban life and to shift the focus toward nature and simple human connection.
Exhibition curator — Alexandra Panchenko
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