"They swam." Scary stories with a happy ending. Bob LOZHKIN
Source: Press Release CHA
CHA, April 30 - May 12, 2013
Moscow, Krimsky Val, 10, CHA, Hall 9
Today, April 30, at the Central House of Artists on the Crimean shaft opens exhibition of Washi Lozhkina.
Five years ago, near Moscow artist Alexey Kudelin, who took the pseudonym Bob LOZHKIN, began to acquaint the audience with his paintings and in that time has become well known, primarily through an active presence in the Internet space. Bob LOZHKIN participated in exhibitions of the St. Petersburg group "Magical Artists." In the CHA viewers will see 47 paintings and several installations website.
LOZHKIN Bob works in the genre of a kind antilubka where the convention images and extensive use of fantasy, or rather psevdoskazochnyh attributes combined with tough subjects and black humor, often giving his work a rather sombre coloring. However, the recent paintings Vasey Lozhkina more inherent brightness of colors and optimistic.
According to the artist, he was not interested in the surrounding reality: "I picture a fabulous dream world. Sometimes it is the world of psychosis and all kinds of border states, it is sometimes scary, but it is a fairy tale with a happy end ».
Lozhkina dream world, however, so closely connected with our reality, her household, social, psychological and even political conflicts that at times that the border becomes indistinguishable. For creativity Lozhkina could not be more suited ordinary formulation, "his work will leave no one indifferent." The artist clearly aims to shock the public, though it definitely works "cling", appealing directly to the myths and archetypes, occuring in society, phobias and ideals of a particular audience, regardless of whether there are depicted in the paintings of people, rabbits or Lozhkin favorite cats.
 Source: Press Release CHA
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first solo exhibition, and even at such venues as the status CHA - certainly, and achievement, and at the same time test for the young artist. And one more opportunity to imagine how ready to blend into the framework of the traditional format of the authors who have successfully mastered the media sphere.
However, these tests are expected not only an artist but also the audience. Those who are familiar with the work of Wasi Lozhkina on the Internet, will test their likes and dislikes with new experiences, and the other will not succumbing to "anger and addiction," draw your own conclusions about what they saw.
Source : CHA press release
