Works by one of the leading masters of Russian art of the second half of the XX century can be seen in the exhibition halls of the building on Kadashovskaya Embankment until May 11.
The exposition consists of more than 200 paintings and graphic works by Victor Popkov, a sixties artist who lived only 42 years but left his mark in the national art. The paintings for the monographic exhibition were collected and brought to Moscow from 12 museums and 7 private collections.
Visitors to the Tretyakov Gallery can see both the most large-scale works of the master, as well as those little known to a wide circle of art connoisseurs.
The exhibition halls present Victor Popkov’s paintings on labor themes (for example, the most famous work of the master "Builders of Bratsk"), a series of analytical and diverse self-portraits (cycles "My Day" and "Night"), a collection of landscape works, cycles of paintings about the artist’s travels in different parts of the country (section "By the White Sea") and many other subjects.
The exposition consists of more than 200 paintings and graphic works by Victor Popkov, a sixties artist who lived only 42 years but left his mark in the national art. The paintings for the monographic exhibition were collected and brought to Moscow from 12 museums and 7 private collections.
Visitors to the Tretyakov Gallery can see both the most large-scale works of the master, as well as those little known to a wide circle of art connoisseurs.
The exhibition halls present Victor Popkov’s paintings on labor themes (for example, the most famous work of the master "Builders of Bratsk"), a series of analytical and diverse self-portraits (cycles "My Day" and "Night"), a collection of landscape works, cycles of paintings about the artist’s travels in different parts of the country (section "By the White Sea") and many other subjects.
"Babka Anisya was a Good Person", one of the last works and the magnum opus of the artist, is considered to be the painting that completes the exposition and sees off the viewer. Victor Popkov reflected the anything but joyful funeral motif in bright red, blue and even black colors, which only emphasize the metaphorical nature of the plot. The artist himself sometimes in conversations with friends and colleagues named his style with such a term as "tragic joyfulness".
Victor Popkov’s works are dedicated to eternal themes and are relevant at all times: in his works the artist discusses and invites to reflection on life and death, good and evil, love and hate, peace and war, the place and purpose of man in life. Each visitor to the artist’s exhibition at the Tretyakov Gallery will be able to give into what is relevant to them today, look at events from a new perspective and, perhaps, find an answer to a troubling question through communication with the works of the great master of the second half of the XX century.
