Added Jun 28, 2005
Rozanoff Art
355 29th Street
San Francisco CA 94131
Gallery Events:
Exhibition
May 1- 30, 2008
Conversing in Color
Reception May 3, 2-6PM
Conversing in Color
Rozanoff Art Gallery and Canvasations Gallery host an exhibition featuring ten of today’s rising stars in contemporary fine art. All of Eastern European origins, these artists possess rare technical mastery, which each has pursued in an entirely unique direction to produce art that is statement, expression, and storytelling even as it is aesthetics at its best.
Participating artists:
Sergei Adeev: In Adeev’s "NAÏVE" works, the real world meets with fairy tale, and the lively and sometimes amusing characters are caught up in situations that are at once surreal and ordinary. The complex and colorful menageries create an optimistic, humorous, and sometimes satirical mood.
Arseneiy Alihanov: Alihanov's works employ a vibrant palette and are uniquely textural. Influenced by El Greko and Matisse, Vrubel and Miro, Kandinsky and the Eastern School of miniatures, Alihanov makes color come alive in dramatic abstracts and subtle landscapes.
Nikolai Bogomolov: Bogomolov has participated in numerous groundbreaking projects from St. Petersburg to San Francisco, including the "All for One Earth" exhibition. He works in a broad variety of mediums, including oil on canvas, acrylic on hand-made paper, and digital art and computer graphics.
Natasha Dikareva: Dikareva’s sculptures are striking and dramatic, yet earthy and fluid. They take us beyond the noise and rush of modern life, and connect to the simplicity and elegance in nature. Stains, matte glazes, and texture create the aura of ancient artifacts in her sculptures - seemingly, products of the spontaneous genesis of natural forces — Fire, Wind and Water.
Sabir and Svetlana Gadzhiev: This artistic duo met at the world-renowned Repin Academy of Art in St. Petersburg, Russia. Every work is a collaborative effort by the artists. The Gadzhievs’ paintings of fantasy and whimsy incorporate a variety of techniques and multidimensional forms, and evoke the sense of a distant, magical, and ambiguous universe.
Igor Lazarev: Lazarev applies his exquisite brushwork, reminiscent of the Dutch masters, to a surrealistic vision of a metaphysical world inhabited by mystical creatures. The artist's opulent works hint at other worlds, expressed in a uniquely detailed style and a luminously velvet texture that is completely his own.
Sergei Plotnikov: In Plotnikov's paintings, imagination and hyper-realism merge. His works often juxtapose unexpected themes and objects. They are built in planes, on the principles of theatrical sets. Then the characters appear—floating in these environments like highly expressive apparitions.
Simon Shegelman: Shegelman's art carries a luminescence that is simultaneously romantic and philosophical. Remaining faithful to the ancient axiom that painting is silent poetry and poetry is the painting that speaks, Shegelman arranges colors in what is truly a poetic reflection on the world around him.
Oksana Veber: Veber's paintings reflect a fascination with Taoism and other Eastern philosophies. The current series of works convey the themes of peace, harmony, and emptiness through the portrayal of women. These images carry a warmth and optimism, incorporating subtle colors and sharp accents that create a highly sensual aura.
Lilly Willis: Willis’ unique technique, called “liquid glass,” gives her paintings the look of polished semi-precious stone, glimmering beneath the still waters of a quiet pond. Her figurative works surprise with soft, sensual forms emerging from the cold, hard stone. Her abstracts integrate wild, natural elements and complex geometric order.