The exhibition of Geliy Korzhev at the State Tretyakov Gallery. March 23— June14, 2016

The most extensive monographic exhibition of Geliy Korzhev (1925–2012), the last powerful realist of the XX century.
For the contemporary viewer getting familiar with the painter’s artworks is a complex but essential experience of talking over difficult and sometimes painful topics. Korzhev’s artworks are filled with drama and empathy for the characters; the subjects and the personalities in his canvases reach the utmost point of conceptual and emotional concentration.
The exhibition provides an opportunity to see the art of the master who is considered to be one of the titans of the Russian art of the second half of the last century.
The exhibition will present the artworks from the collection of Tretyakov gallery, Russian Museum, ROSIZO, The Institute of the Russian Realistic Art, as well as from Russian and foreign private collections.

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