AgoraGallery
8 posts
 author
|
 posted 3/20/2008 6:02:15 AM
 reply
RUSSIAN ARTISTS IN NEW YORK EXHIBITION
Exhibition Announcement
Agora Gallery is proud to present Russian artists Vasiliy Morozov and Irina Levchenko in The Persistence of Form
Scheduled
Exhibition Dates: March 25, 2008 through April 15, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 27, 2008, 6-8 pm
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th Street, Chelsea, New York
Gallery Hours: Tues - Sat, 11am - 6pm
Vasiliy Morozov’s work may be seen on
http://www.agora-gallery.com/ArtistInvite/Vasiliy_Morozov.aspx
Irina Levchenko’s work may be seen on
http://www.agora-gallery.com/ArtistInvite/Irina_Levchenko.aspx
About Vasiliy Morozov
Eastern European painter, Vasiliy Morozov experiments with bold hues, complex layers, and distorted imagery to create an intriguing and dynamic view of his figurative, landscape, and common-place subjects, rendered in various levels of abstraction. His oils on canvas possess a snapshot quality that imparts a sense of immediacy to the scenes captured in his resulting works. Further enhancing the visual interest of his works, Morozov layers images upon one another, creating the impression of an overexposed photograph, which adds an element of mystery and impermanence to the highly graphic paintings.
Born and educated in Kazakhstan, Vasiliy Morozov’s art is informed by an eclectic background in advertising, architecture, design, and fine art. He has enjoyed considerable artistic success on an international level: in addition to receiving multiple prestigious awards, Morozov continues to exhibit his uniquely composed works in galleries and museums throughout Europe and is included in many public and private collections
About Irina Levchenko
The works of Irina Levchenko are awash in sharp color. Her hues do not blend or fade one into the other; rather, they stand together in contrasts so sharp that even abstractly-rendered objects clearly reveal their forms. There is a lyrical whimsy to her creations that might leave the viewer with the feeling the each is an ocular children’s tale, were it not for the complex pastiche of oblique visual narrative that runs through them. Ultimately, Levchenko wants to stir the beholder to notice the beauty of our world—and her chief utensil is color. “I believe Malevich’s thesis, which claims that the emotional influence of color is equal to the sound of music, is absolutely correct,” she says. “A g
[Message edited by AgoraGallery on 3/20/2008 6:02:55 AM]
|
New Topic
