Igor Dryomin:
Opening of the exhibition project of Vladimir Migachev "EDGE. Observation Diary"

From February 3 to April 3 (!) ARTSTORY Gallery conducts a major personal project by Vladimir Migachev - “EDGE. Observation diary. " For many years, Vladimir Migachev has been creating his large-scale easel paintings in the genre, by his own definition, of a monotonous landscape, opening up new depths and meanings in it. His style can be defined as a synthesis of metaphysical realism and neo-expressionism, “enriched” by the piercing Russian landscape tradition. In one of the interviews, Migachev says of himself: “I am Russian, I was born here, grew up and will stay here. For me, everything that happens here is my problem, my pain. I have a feeling that it is necessary to bring this pain to the limit, as in existentialism, to show this edge, to shake the viewer, otherwise no one will see anything. "

The main theme of Migachev is endless expanses and roads going to infinity. His stories reveal the author’s philosophy of the “cosmos of the earth” - as harmony and opposition of material and spiritual principles. The works are always large-format, - the large size of the paintings seems to lead the artist along, dictates the conditions for talking about the landscape and about a person who is always invisibly present in this landscape, participates in its formation. Hence the picturesque materials that the artist uses in his works: ash, ashes are the main technical elements of his palette (“it is important for me that the earth remains the earth and on canvas”); still often uses acrylic and Kuzbasslak. He writes mainly with his hands, which allows the size of the canvases, he takes brushes only for the study of details.

The collaboration of the artist and the gallery began with the exhibition “Middle Strip”, which took place at ARTSTORY in November 2014. For the exhibition “EDGE. Observation diary”the author has prepared new works. Within the framework of the project, a monograph will be presented on the work of Vladimir Migachev.

The exhibition project runs until April 3, 2016!

ARTSTORY Gallery: Moscow, Staropimenovsky per., D. 14 (metro Tverskaya, Mayakovskaya). Daily, cr. Mon., from 12. 00 to 20. 00. Entrance from February 4 - free.