Group exhibition SAVE YOURSELF Automatic translate

The exhibition "Take care of yourself" is attended by 13 artists from Voronezh, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Perm, both well-known to St. Petersburg art lovers, and unfamiliar. Over the past year, the life of each of us has radically changed, the people themselves, the attitude towards the environment have changed.

Most of the works were written or created in 2020-2021. Artists (Irina Vasilyeva, Evgenia Golant, Nadezhda Kozinina, Vitaly Martynenko, Alexander Yunusov) depict the world of medicine, the world of drugs and diseases, the importance of which has increased many times due to the outbreak of the pandemic. Tablets, medicine bottles, various devices that make life easier are presented in the pictures. Artists act as witnesses to the changing picture of the world around them, chroniclers of what is happening. A series of graphic works by Anna Zamula are the events that Anna observed from the 14th floor of a Moscow apartment, where she had to spend the first months of quarantine in 2020. At the same time, Felix Bukh creates his mosaic self-portrait in a mask.

It is known that pharmacy began with the use of plants. Medicinal herbs are still attractive not only for their beneficial properties, but also for their beauty. Natalia Florenskaya created her herbalist, Natalia Florenskaya’s Herbalist, from twelve paintings. Who was not thrilled by the mysterious interiors of an old pharmacy with bunches of dried plants, copper retorts and majolica vessels… past.

Igor Panin’s philosophical installation "Fragments" reminds of "the vanity of all that exists", makes one think… Finally, art itself, a dialogue with predecessors (Masha Ivanova) is an endless source of joy and tranquility, allowing artists to preserve themselves in this difficult and unpredictable time.

The exhibition presents paintings by Irina Vasilyeva, Evgenia Golant, Masha Ivanova, Nadezhda Kozinina, Vitaly Martynenko, Natalia Florenskaya, Alexander Yunusov, Irina Roon; graphics by Anna Zamula, Ivan Sotnikov, mosaic by Felix Bukh, installations by Andrey Zhukov and Igor Panin, ceramics by Natalia Zvonareva.