Exhibition of the St. Petersburg artist Dmitry Shorin opens today at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (Tverskaya Boulevard, 9)

Today at 19:00 Moscow Museum of Modern Art (Tverskaya Boulevard, 9) opens an exhibition of the St. Petersburg artist Dmitry Shorin "Holidays", which includes about 40 paintings. Nearly all - new, specially created for this project.

• Oil on canvas. 130 x 145
  From the collection of Dmitry Ryabov
  Source: Press Release MMSI

Artist's more than just attract private holidays - whether it's "Birthday", "Buying a new car," "Love dating" or "Easter", "8 March", "New Year", having each undoubted emotional and sensual similarity. There is elated, joyful expectation, hope, whichever is the future, so bright, with no problems and mistakes that we keep the old, irrevocable life. Particular, an ecstatic state of mind of man is distinct from the holidays, everyday.

Dmitry Shorin 3D. 2010 Oil on canvas. 150 x 200 From the collection of Lily Areyfulinoy Source: Press Release MMSI

«Theme holidays often is associated with childhood, when the island was expected tree and presents under it, when my mother painted eggs at Easter, when on the shoulders of his father among the flags and balloons to loud music with gay people during a demonstration May Day. Every nation, every country since ancient times is mandatory holidays and formally legalized. The first such occasion was Saturday by the ancient Jews. Saturday - the seventh day of the week is associated with the creation of the world, when God, having created the world in 6 days and saw that it was well rested. The Christians have such a holiday was Sunday - the first day of the week associated with the resurrection of Christ. In addition to the celebrations associated with the sphere of the sacred, there are secular, public and private, holidays. In this case, all the holidays share some common characteristics - peace and freedom from work and worry, every holiday - this kind of action with specific attributes and ritual ».

Dmitry Shorin soap. 2010 Oil on canvas. 150 x 198 Source: Press Release MMSI

In Shorin works - the holiday being filled with joy and hope, and sharply flavored with irony and self-irony. On his canvases the artist creates a sensual, emotional environment, populated by people who are experiencing spiritual ecstasy, elated, joyful expectation, or, conversely, peace and freedom from work and worry. The joy of life, big or small, which depicts the artist, are close to each of us, they make our lives into a series of holidays. It's fallen asleep baby, it caresses of lovers, it's a girl, holiday, sea wave, warm rain ...

exhibition runs until April 3, 2011.

Source : Press Release MMSI