THE FACETS | DENIS ALEXANDROV

Solo Exhibition | LUCH Gallery
January 27 – February 25, 2024​

Nudes and saints, war and peace, sculpture and architecture, spiritual and secular… How to link all these different topics into one statement? What unites these works, besides the technique and the author?

Denis Alexandrov is known as one of the founders and activists of the Rechniki art group, which was a pioneer of Russian pyroart and since 1988 held fiery performances, performed at festivals and museums of international and Russian venues and programs. Metal, steel, welding, open airs, pyrotechnics, fire, risk, burns, injuries, youthful and historical ardor. As circumstances and conditions change, the worldview changes.

A Professor of the New Academy of Fine Arts Denis Egelsky taught Denis Alexandrov how to draw and passed on some art secrets. In 2008 their collaborative exhibition was held at the New Academy of Fine Arts, some of those works are presented at "The Facets" Exhibition. The paintings "Children", "Phenomenon", the columns, the boards were also created as a collaborative projects of artists. The paintings depicting columns are based on photographs by Stas Makarov.

Neo-academists appeal to classical art and architecture, they have a contemporary perception and steady craftsmanship.

This exhibition is about the multi-faceted world and the way of life, about spiritual search and finding faith, about the ability to be self-faceted.