- Title: Artist paints moden Russia with crude oil
- Date: 18th September 2019
- Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (SEPTEMBER 17, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PAINTING 'RED SQUARE' BY NIKOLAI NASEDKIN VARIOUS OF OIL SUSPENSION USED AS PAINT VARIOUS OF GUESTS NEXT TO ART OBJECT 'LIGHTFALL' VARIOUS OF ARTIST NIKOLAI NASEDKIN VARIOUS OF ART OBJECT (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) ARTIST, NIKOLAI NASEDKIN, SAYING: "Oil is just a pretext, just a material. Back in those times we ate fruit and now we consume the depths of Earth and they are running short. For our country it is bringing both wealth and power. And for us, for the people, at the same time - this oil does not reach us." VARIOUS OF WOMEN WATCHING VIDEO FROM NASEDKIN'S HOME VILLAGE (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) ARTIST, NIKOLAI NASEDKIN, SAYING: "My birthplace is the village of Aleshki, you can see it on the drawing. I come from there, from Voronezh area. And you can see that the topic of relatives is present here and it is also very important. What do we remember? How much do we remember and know about ourselves?" NAME OF EXHIBITION VARIOUS OF ARTWORK BY NASEDKIN (SOUNDBITE) EXHIBITION SUPERVISOR, KIRILL SVETLYAKOV, SAYING: "This is an exceptional case. The artist is working with oil suspensions as a painter. Sometimes he is risking his life: the vapours from the suspensions have negative health effect. And he is trying to depict the general categories with that material: family and kin." VARIOUS OF EXHIBITION
- Embargoed: 2nd October 2019 07:55
- Keywords: Russian art Tretyakov gallery Russian artist Nikolai Nasedkin crude oil paintings about Russia
- Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
- City: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
- Country: Russia
- Topics: Art,Arts / Culture / Entertainment
- Reuters ID: LVA001AX6O5LL
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The artworks by Nikolai Nasedkin are made with wide strokes and have vivid dark textures - Russian artist uses not only paint but crude oil suspensions in his creations.
An exhibition by Nasedkin opened in Moscow's New Tretyakov gallery on Wednesday (September 18) and includes large scale paintings as well as art objects and videos made in the artists home village of Aleshki in Russia's central Voronezh region.
According to the exhibition's supervisor Kirill Svetlyakov, Nasedkin's artwork is an attempt to show modern Russia and to comprehend the significance of oil in the history of the country.
The artist himself says the oil is just a material. He has been using it in his artwork for the last decade despite health risks of working with poisonous suspension vapours.
The exhibition will be opened till November 11.
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