Personal exhibition of Evgeny Muzalevsky.
Approximately 50 paintings and graphic works by the expressive and unique artist have taken over the entire space of the gallery on Prechistenka Street.
October 8, 2021 - December 6, 2021

MUZALEVSKY

"Muzalevsky's art emerges from the interweaving of images once captured and embedded in his consciousness, which he constantly extracts from memory, pulls out from the everyday or from the history of art, because 'life is like jelly, which can be cooked in different ways,' and 'the personal and the historical have no boundaries.'"
Irina Gorlova
from the introductory article to the exhibition
On October 8th, Alina Pinsky Gallery opened a solo exhibition by Evgeny Muzalevsky. Bright and charismatic, distinctive, free, and expressive – at the age of 25, this artist has already made his mark in significant Russian collections, and younger colleagues are trying to emulate him.
Evgeny Muzalevsky graduated from the Rodchenko School (under the mentorship of Sergey Bratkov) and is currently continuing his studies at the Offenbach University of Art and Design in Germany under the guidance of German professor and artist Heiner Blum.
When he entered the Rodchenko School, Muzalevsky initially focused on photography and envisioned himself as a professional photographer. However, he soon began to paint, transitioning from graphics to large-scale painting. "At the Rodchenko School, I studied art theory, looked at the works of other artists, and started to think beyond the photographic. Visual images don't need words, and I wanted to paint rather than speak," says Evgeny. This transition proved to be extremely organic in his case, as it is evident that Muzalevsky's painting is executed in one breath. Creating a work of art for him is inseparable from his life experiences, and he perceives painting as a natural process. His style is instantly recognizable, despite the language's closed-off nature and the self-contained system of his imagery. Various formats, whether it's a pocket-sized sketchbook or a five-meter canvas, are mastered effortlessly by the artist.






The catalogue has been published for the exhibition, featuring over 50 works created from 2018 to 2021. It also includes introductory essays by art critics Irina Gorlova and Igor Volkov.
The exposition
The selected artworks
I'm Afraid I Don't Move Like Beetles, Butterflies, Carriages, or Spider-Beetles, 2020
Mixed media on canvas
240 х 142 cm
Double Self-Portrait (Diptych), 2020
Oil on canvas
213 х 126; 213 х 126 см


Worked as a General Laborer at a Factory for Six Months, 2020
Oil on canvas
183 х 124 см
Fast Parfume Girl, 2020
Oil in canvas

142 х 185 cm

Mikhail Glinka — The Poor Singer, 2018
Paint on paper

260 х 165 cm

Chyornysh, 2020
Oil on canvas
180 х 124 cm
Exhibitionists in the Forest, 2020
Oil in canvas
141 х 250 cm
Lost in the Woods, Sorry in My Nose, 2021
Oil on canvas

238 х 163 cm

Untitled, 2021
Mixed media on canvas

158 х 158 cm

Madonna, 2020
Mixed media on canvas
240 х 139 cm
Untitled, 2020
Mixed media on canvas
126 х 244 cm
Untitled, 2020
Oil on canvas
126,5 х 193 cm