Project "Fly. Friends. 80s" Automatic translate

Project “Fly. Friends. 80s ”was born as a tribute to the St. Petersburg artist Evgeny Abaev, who left us in the year before last.

Three artists, three friends: Evgeny Abaev (gallery "Current"), Vladimir Radin ("Design Club"), Anatoly Repnikov ("Workshop of the artist"). Their fates were formed in different ways, personality, worldview, attitude were reflected in their works. But one thing will remain common forever: memories, Fly, friends. The common thing in the artists’ works is freedom in its highest manifestation, an original artistic vision and understanding of the world, the spirit that has always hovered in the walls of "Flies".

Vernissage will be held with musical accompaniment by Vladimir Radin Jr. (saxophone) and Anton Pigunov (sitar).

1. "In memory of the master." Evgeny Abaev

February 8 - March 10
The Current Gallery, 3rd floor, 12+

In the works of Evgeny Abaev, the graphic beginning prevails, gestures, postures of figures line up in a rigid geometric rhythm. The cold, almost monochrome color impregnating the canvases evokes a feeling of piercing loneliness and sorrow. All this involuntarily evokes associations with the painting of El Greco. Not only the plot compositions, but even his landscapes and still lifes are saturated with intense thoughtfulness, as if nature freezes in anticipation of some news. The connection of times, the homeland, Ossetia, autumn inclement weather or a glow of leaves, Christian shrines are the author’s favorite subjects.

2. "A dream about a woman." Anatoly Repnikov

February 7 - March 10
Gallery "Workshop of the artist", 3rd floor, 12+

The artist’s world is a kaleidoscope of images, in which composition and rhythm play a fundamental role. The bizarre flow of forms gives rise to new images and meanings. The author seems to immerse us in the world of his fantasy, gradually lifting the veil of the mysterious. The line that dominates his work leads him into a maze of meanings. And there, behind the wilderness of secrecy, there is a female image, the basis, the foundations of the search for the artist.

3. "Microprism." Vladimir Radin

February 8 - March 6
Gallery “Design Club”, 2nd floor, 16+

The exhibition of works by Vladimir Radin is a retrospective project of his earliest and latest works. The artist acts in form and color at the same time, creating a texture that carries a “text”: the volume and relief of works that go beyond the plane break into the space of communication with the viewer. Works want to be heard, read, they want to become full-fledged interlocutors. The archaic of poetry and plasticity in Radin’s works strives for “beyond time and space”, returning the viewer to the eternal…