The exhibition of paintings, "I Striving for You," explores the expressiveness of Orthodox icons through movement, facial expressions, postures, and gestures, focusing viewers' attention on fragments and inviting them to recreate the whole image from their impressions.
The artist presents a vision of traditional themes, such as Abraham's hospitality, the fiery chariot of the Prophet Elijah, the image of the Oranta and the Three-Handed Cross, images of saints, and artifacts, conveying their beauty and uniqueness and emphasizing the sacredness of the selected moments.
The artist presents a vision of traditional themes, such as Abraham's hospitality, the fiery chariot of the Prophet Elijah, the image of the Oranta and the Three-Handed Cross, images of saints, and artifacts, conveying their beauty and uniqueness and emphasizing the sacredness of the selected moments.
Striving Towards You
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Galina Savchenko
Artist, restorer (icons, graphics and paper metal), researcher of 19th-20th century literature and art, art therapist Founder of the "Mythology of Women" project and co-founder of the Credo art gallery, Moscow.
Born September 1, 1979, I have been interested in fine art since an early age. Higher education: philology, teaching, and art therapist.
Since 2000, I have been involved in visual arts, publishing, and translation. In 2021, I advanced my qualifications as an art restorer (Tomsk State University), and with renewed vigor and knowledge, I began working with local history materials, engravings, and graphics.
Since 2019, I have been actively engaged in painting, studying contemporary trends and iconography. In my work, I draw on the legacy of Russian painting of the early 19th century and implement independent exhibition and creative projects.
I collaborate with the Library of Foreign Literature (Moscow), the Gorky Literary Museum (Nizhny Novgorod), the Kisti Gallery (Ulyanovsk), Musum of Art and History (Kaliningrad), and the Chernigovsky Book Chamber (Moscow).
My works are in private collections in Russia. An album of illustrations dedicated to J.G. Byron is in Newstead Abbey (UK), and an album dedicated to P.B. Shelley is in the Keats-Shelley Association (USA).
Artist, restorer (icons, graphics and paper metal), researcher of 19th-20th century literature and art, art therapist Founder of the "Mythology of Women" project and co-founder of the Credo art gallery, Moscow.
Born September 1, 1979, I have been interested in fine art since an early age. Higher education: philology, teaching, and art therapist.
Since 2000, I have been involved in visual arts, publishing, and translation. In 2021, I advanced my qualifications as an art restorer (Tomsk State University), and with renewed vigor and knowledge, I began working with local history materials, engravings, and graphics.
Since 2019, I have been actively engaged in painting, studying contemporary trends and iconography. In my work, I draw on the legacy of Russian painting of the early 19th century and implement independent exhibition and creative projects.
I collaborate with the Library of Foreign Literature (Moscow), the Gorky Literary Museum (Nizhny Novgorod), the Kisti Gallery (Ulyanovsk), Musum of Art and History (Kaliningrad), and the Chernigovsky Book Chamber (Moscow).
My works are in private collections in Russia. An album of illustrations dedicated to J.G. Byron is in Newstead Abbey (UK), and an album dedicated to P.B. Shelley is in the Keats-Shelley Association (USA).
The artworks at the exhibition
by Galina Savchenko, artist and restorer
Galina Savchenko
Or Lady in a Haystack
Acrilic paint, hay, 60х70
Galina Savchenko
Our Lady in Power
Oil, paper, 60х70
Galina Savchenko
χαίρομαι
Plasticine, wood, 30х40
Galina Savchenko
Striving to You
Canvas, oil, 80х80
Galina Savchenko
Three-handed Lady
Canvas on board, oil, 70х80
Galina Savchenko
Philoxenia, or Abraham's Hospitality
Canvas, oil, 80х80
Galina Savchenko
Oranta
Canvas on board, 70х80
Galina Savchenko
St.Spiridon
Canvas on board, 40х50
Galina Savchenko
The Last Supper
Canvas bag, oil, 70х80
Galina Savchenko
St.Pantheleymon, the Healer
Canvas on board, 40х50
Galina Savchenko
Feed My Ship
Canvas, oil, 80х80
Galina Savchenko
Ceremony
Paper, acrilic paint
Suggested lectures at the exhibition
St.Pantheleimon, the Healer and His Casket
On icons of the holy healer Panteleimon, we often see a mysterious attribute—a chest containing medicines. What does it mean? Where did this detail appear in the canon, and why did it become an integral part of the saint's image? In this lecture, we will not only recall the life and great deeds of one of the most revered saints, but also conduct a true art historical investigation. We will trace the development of Panteleimon's iconographic image and decipher the symbolic language of his attributes.
In this lecture, we learn about the deeds of Saint Pantheleimon and his casket. This study invites us to reflect on how the casket appeared in the saint's iconography and what it symbolizes.
From Icon to Avangarde
At the beginning of the 20th century, artists revolutionized not only the form but also the very meaning of art, pioneering new directions and movements—Rayonism, Suprematism, Futurism. What was the source of their bold ideas? Turning to iconography, they identified universal visual codes: the rejection of illusion, reverse perspective, sacred color, light as revelation—and reinterpreted these principles, creating their own "theology" of art.
In this lecture, we will examine how iconography influenced the work of artists K. Malevich, N. Goncharova, V. Kandinsky, and other significant figures in Russian art of the first half of the 20th century. We will explore parallels and transformations: from face to image, from a golden background to the white expanse of the canvas, from sacred symbol to pure geometry.
At the beginning of the 20th century, artists revolutionized not only the form but also the very meaning of art, pioneering new directions and movements—Rayonism, Suprematism, Futurism. What was the source of their bold ideas? Turning to iconography, they identified universal visual codes: the rejection of illusion, reverse perspective, sacred color, light as revelation—and reinterpreted these principles, creating their own "theology" of art.
In this lecture, we will examine how iconography influenced the work of artists K. Malevich, N. Goncharova, V. Kandinsky, and other significant figures in Russian art of the first half of the 20th century. We will explore parallels and transformations: from face to image, from a golden background to the white expanse of the canvas, from sacred symbol to pure geometry.
Photoes from the previous exhibitions, presentations and lectures
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