Exhibition “Sketches”. Serpukhov, 2017

The exhibition presents 42 works from 2000 to 2016, most of which are part of the “Smoke” photographic series. Using modern digital technologies, the author achieves the necessary graphic quality, which refers the viewer to pencil drawings and photographic images of the early 20th century. The plots and style of implementation reveal the author’s lyrical perception of the world around him. Thanks to the created images, one can feel the spirituality of nature and the loneliness of man, sadness about the present and the captivating charm of antiquity, heightened by the feeling of the irrevocability of the past. In the author’s landscapes, the dominant forces of nature, their boundlessness and comprehensiveness dominate over man and his creations.

Works, included in the series of photographs “Smoke”

Most of the works were included in the photobook “Smoke”

From September 12 to November 9, 2017, the exhibition was held as part of the first festival of Russian art photography. Theme of the festival: Pictorial photography in Russia of the XX-XXI centuries. Address: Serpukhov, st. Kaluzhskaya, 48, Department of History, Archeology and Pictorial Photography of the Serpukhov Historical and Art Museum.

The exhibition includes 42 works:
19 pcs ~14x21 cm (frame 28x35 cm)
12 pcs ~20x30 cm (frame 40x50 cm)
4 pcs ~30x45 cm (frame 50x65 cm)
7 pcs ~40x60 cm (frame 60x80 cm)
The works are framed in black thin Nielsen frames, milk-colored passepartout, without glass. All works are available for subsequent exhibition in the original design.

All works underwent the author's post-processing and were printed under the author's supervision in 2016 - 2017 using piezoelectric inkjet printing with pigment indelible ink on an Epson Stylus Pro 7890 on Lomond XL Photo Paper Matte 180 g/m2.

Photos from the opening: Alexander Ivanov (3-6, 9, 12), Evgenia Komarova (7), Vyacheslav Zitev (8), Vladimir Grishin (10), Vitaly Grishakov (11), Maxim Bukin (13)