Exhibition "Alexander Sergeevich Shipitsyn. On the 80th anniversary of the author" Automatic translate

November 16 at 16.00 in the Gallery of Siberian Art (K. Marx St., 23) will open the anniversary exhibition of the Irkutsk artist Alexander Sergeyevich Shipitsyna (born 1938), dedicated to the 80th anniversary of his birth. The organizers aim to show through a variety of graphic and pictorial works the variety of creative searches of the author and his contribution to the fine art of Siberia.

The exposition includes about 70 works from the artist’s workshop. The exhibition will show the graphics of the early period of creativity, made in the technique of linocut (1965); drawings from a trip to Central Asia (1980s), city landscapes (2012), portraits of BAM builders (1980s); etchings dedicated to the beloved Irkutsk (1990–2018), family (2008); monotopies (1985–2004); picturesque canvases (2013–2018).

“Freedom to master the technique of etching, moving acuity of full-scale drawings, coloristic harmony of monotypes, sonorous colors and virtuoso modeling of volumes on picturesque canvases with a noticeable desire to move away from naturalistic pictoriality and genre narrative, an organic synthesis of the academic school of drawing with the novelty of individual perception, the unity of easel and decorative beginnings “This is the peculiarity of the artistic thinking of Alexander Shipitsin in the art of his time,” they say about the artist skusstvovedy museum.

The exhibition will open on November 16 at 16.00 in the Gallery of Siberian Art (K. Marx St., 23) and will run until December 9. Entrance to the opening is free. Phone for inquiries: 33-43-89.