September 20 at Gallery presents a solo exhibition of Anatoly Gankevich

Gallery "Sovkom," September 20 - October 2, 2011

The exhibition "FizKult- Respect, "which opens September 20 at the gallery" Sovkom "(street Schepkin, 28), local art lovers will be able to see the work of Ukrainian artist Gankevich Anatoly . Will be exhibited series of large-format paintings, painstakingly made in the traditional painting techniques Gankevich to simulate tile.

Anatoly Gankevich Komsomolskaya Pravda. 2009 Oil on canvas. 195 x 145

< /a> Anatoly Gankevich Leap. 2009 Oil on canvas. 200 x 130

Gankevich work - it's "hi-FizKult" aesthetics of early Soviet "spaces of jubilation" , aptly described by Michael Ryklin in the same essay. A new series of paintings of the artist - it is really a set of quotations from art history twenties - thirties of last century. It brings to mind the classics of the genre - bright mosaic monumental Moscow Metro, the communist temple complex, anticipating the onset of a happy and serene tomorrow ; utopian monumentalism ENEA, happy faces, smiling with the early Soviet posters, and all the endless optimism of post-revolutionary culture.

In this city, utopia depicted Gankevich probably still live Chuck and Huck, somewhere Timur gathers his team, this is where the action is your favorite Soviet films - it's looking glass totalitarianism, the ideal city of Giants, a dream which was so acute in the Moscow architecture and monumental art of the Stalin period.

Works Anatoly Gankevich denied characteristic of modern art ostrosotsialnogo pathos - artist intentionally immerses the viewer in space Utopia, lulling his tale about a city that never was. All space is not lit pictures in the Moscow bright, life-affirming light, typical for work early socialist realists, drunk with the idea of ​​a bright communist future - such as Alexander Deineka.

Anatoly Gankevich Fencers. 2009 Oil on canvas. 179 x 299

In their new work, Anatoly Gankevich attached, great attention to texture, color and composition. The artist's palette in the new series was noticeably brighter, richer, and this enhances the color of depth artistic effect works.

Today, many artists are turning to simulate the aesthetics of totalitarianism, but in the case of Anatoly Gankevich imitation of mosaic, in a spirit of enthusiasm Deineki - this is not a sham and not a new way of imitation. Obviously, this is simply an attempt to create an imaginary play space : it - today - yesterday's art triumphs tomorrow , and the world, as opposed to the real, the love - of country, of course.

Source : Press Release Gallery "Sovkom»