Frolov Gallery opens today at the "Winery" Anatolia Gankevich exhibition "Soviet Mandala." The exhibition - paintings, objects, video and audio installation artist

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Center for Contemporary art "Winery »
14-23 February 2014
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Frolov Gallery opens today at the "Winery " exhibition Gankevich « Soviet Mandala . " The exhibition - paintings, objects, video and audio installation artist .

translation of the word " mandala " literally means "that which surrounds the center ." Anatolia Project Gankevich - this is a look at the artist's Soviet past . The object of his attention appear values ​​of Soviet man is embodied in specific forms of symbols. They are picturesque "carpets" and Byzantine cross made Gankevich of crystal vases , coasters and once adorned the walls in the apartments of wealthy Soviet families . These semantic accents complements the audio and visuals that enhance thematic space project. The exposition is designed so that each spectator inevitably becomes an accomplice of the artist: performing a kind of " procession ", he said, by the art of meditation , Design Your World " Soviet Mandala ».

Ten paintings formed the basis of the exhibition represent carpet patterns , not just drawn in oil on canvas and have mosaic structure , sends the viewer to the Byzantine- Christian tradition. Paintings made ​​in Anatolia Gankevich original technique imitation mosaic , which is used by him in the early 90 -ies. Complex game billing works and thematic meanings - the hallmark of the artist's work .

Anatoly Gankevich about the project: "Two Soviet values ​​- crystal and carpets - used as a material for the creation of two main elements of the Soviet world : Center that bears the form and meaning , and Mandala - that surrounds him ».

Dmitry Smolyov about the project: " For 70 years of the last century, the Soviet people to the community practice not cemented communist rhetoric , and those same "little joys philistine " , which once fought so fiercely Bolshevik revolutionaries ».

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