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 connect all these different themes into one statement? What unites these works, besides the technique and the name of the author?

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

Professor of the New Academy of Fine Arts Denis Egelsky taught Denis Alexandrov to draw and passed on some artistic secrets to him. In 2008 their collaborative exhibition was held at the New Academy of Fine Arts, some of those works are presented here. These are the paintings "Children", "Apparition", the columns and the boards were also created according to the joint concept of the 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 nature of the world and the path of life, about spiritual search and finding faith, about the ability to define oneself by self-facet.