Today opens the exhibition "Red sailors"

Gallery 11.12, 13 August — September 1 2013
Moscow, CSI Vinzavod, 4 th Syromyatnicheskiy lane., 1, p. 6, pavilion 19

Today 11.12 in the Gallery opens the exhibition Alexander Zhernokluev sailors Red / Red sailors.

Alexander Zhernokluev served in the Baltic fleet — military conscription was extended to all Soviet boys. Three years — from 18 to 21, the time of recklessness and courage — were spent under strict discipline and obedience. And then he stepped from the deck to the canvas. Grotesque images of sailors appeared in the early period of his creative work and has evolved over time in the red irrepressible jokers, becoming a kind of brand it jivopisi@

In the series of paintings of Red sailors by Alexander Zhernokluev combines the academic traditions of Russian realistic school and the decorative techniques of the modernist iskusstva@

Volume impressive figures he puts in a clean white space of the canvas. Using the power of two colors — red and white — he achieves vivid visual impression. Red brings energy, passion and joy. The white one with Golden elements of sailor's attributes carries the sailors to the absolute celebration. The sailors are swirling, playing tricks, become euphoric or melancholy, they are staying in their emotions and become symbols of emotions on an empty sterile background. Still they remain realistic and traditional images of Russian zhivopisi@

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