Recently, in the loft "Tsех," six artists working in different genres of contemporary art presented their new works. The audience was shown paintings by Evgeny Chervi Makshakov, a well-known tattoo master and graffiti artist in Bishkek, who had already held his first solo exhibition here in the spring, Taras Piz, "Battalion named after Semen Chuykov," the art group Doksa, and Kristina Glazunova.
Many of them were not familiar with each other before the project, which took two months to prepare. All participants are different – in lifestyle, age, and creative techniques, but they are united by a common idea.
At the exhibition, one could see painting in an unusual presentation, graffiti, and installations. For example, Kristina Glazunova presented oil paintings titled "Seven Sins." The theme of her works was religion, possibly because the girl is studying both religious studies and art. She admitted that she even specifically studied the canons of Orthodox painting, reworking them so that they would be understandable to a modern person. Nevertheless, in Glazunova's works, in the style of mystical surrealism, one could see crosses, outlines of human figures, and even jewelry. With the latter, the author visually conveyed the sins that cover a person.
All of Glazunova's works are black and white. In her opinion, the fewer colors in a painting, the more actively the viewer's imagination begins to work. It results in a kind of collaborative work with the viewer.
The "Battalion named after Semen Chuykov" (the author did not wish to reveal his real name) paid special attention to pressing social and political issues in our country – from labor migration to the decline of culture and worldview. By the way, he presented the largest number of works – more than 70.
Taras Piz, unlike his colleagues, participated in such a serious exhibition for the first time. By education, he is a fashion designer and works in completely different techniques. Among the dozen paintings he presented, there is also a favorite: a red heart against the backdrop of space, in a round frame. "It's quite small. I created it for home, to please the eye. I didn't put any special meaning into it; I like the technique: a well-drawn heart painted with oil. And the background was done with aerosol," noted the artist.
Source: "Evening Bishkek"