A series of works by Vyacheslav Shmagin "Disclosure" at an exhibition in Samara

SAMARA. For the first time in Samara, the famous metropolitan artist Vyacheslav Shmagin presents his work. His solo exhibition, opened at the Museum of Art on August 13, is presented under the name "Disclosure." That is what the author called a series of works created after the boat trip along the Volga.

The exposition combined 24 works written in a special pictorial language, combining the elements of icon painting with the Russian avant-garde style. The impressions received during the trip, the artist expressed in paintings depicting the architecture of ancient Russian cities.

Each work of Vyacheslav Shmagin is filled with sunbeams and light. In his works, the movement of water is combined with static images of the silhouettes of dilapidated temples, frozen on the Volga shores. These impressions inspired the artist to give birth to new color schemes expressed in new abstract forms.

The creative biography of Vyacheslav Shmagin is inextricably linked with Russian informal art. Since the beginning of the seventies, he has been a regular participant in the famous unofficial exhibitions held in Moscow on Malaya Gruzinskaya. In the nineties, Shmagin began to show his work at exhibitions organized by the St. Petersburg Free Culture Foundation. This collaboration continues today.

Vyacheslav Shmagin is a member of the international federation of artists and the creative union of Russian artists. Over the past time, he has held more than 30 solo exhibitions, some of which were held in foreign countries. The works of the avant-garde artist are in the collections of significant museums of modern art in Russia and European countries.

In the Samara Museum, an exhibition of works by Vyacheslav Shmagin will wait for visitors until August 30.

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