In the Marble Palace Russian Museum opened an exhibition of works of Moscow artist Victor Kalinin

In the Marble Palace Russian Museum opened an exhibition of works of Moscow artist Victor Kalinin . It covers the different stages of creation of the original masters, one of the leaders of the generation seventies.

• Victor Kalinin
  Self. 2007. Canvas, tempera. 120 x 80

exhibition includes more than 100 works from the Russian Museum, private collections and the collection of the artist. Along with painting, graphic works presented in recent years, which makes it possible to assess the relevance of modern masters searches.

• Victor Kalinin
  Well. 1995-1999. Oil on canvas. 200 x 200

Works Kalinina reveal deeply personal image-plastic vision and understanding of the world. Already in the early paintings and graphic works, executed in the late 1960's and 70's, found himself the insistence of the artist to explore new, uncharted roads in the art, typical of many of his contemporaries. In disclosing the contents of the product plays an important role by means of artistic expression - intense color contrast, the complex interaction of large plastic, accented picturesque manner. Kalinin tends to creative rethinking traditions of ancient Russian art, art openings domestic innovative painting at the turn XIX - XX centuries, which allowed him to create his deeply individual style.

• Victor Kalinin
  May. 1989. Oil on canvas. 165 x 124

leading role in the work of Kalinin owned works relating to the "village series, on which he worked for the past four decades. Philosophically meaningful experiences of childhood, which was held in the Altai region in the patriarchal peasant family, had an expressive embodiment of the pictures on the image of his father, as well as in such thematic areas as the "gate", "bridges" and "wells". The image of his father's associate artist with light, filling a space of the picture and robust plastic energy. The depth and diversity of content that is based on - the comprehension of the most important moral categories of existence, is the main feature works Kalinina, stories that go back to Christian iconography. Gospel stories and characters are reflected in the multi-figured compositions that became a milestone in the artist's work.

exhibition is open until May 11, 2010.

Source: rusmuseum.ru