Beauty embraces horror – concentrated colours and motifs with depth
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Yury Kharchenko
Painting 2018 – 2023
Yury Kharchenko is an outstanding representative of contemporary painting. He creates works in cycles which reflect his profound connections with existential themes like darkness and light. He combines masterful colourfulness with dense substance to create a unique pictorial language ranging from the poetic to the strident. This volume illustrates his works from the last six years lavishly, together with knowledgeable texts.
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In our consumer society, is the culture of remembrance increasingly degenerating into an entertainment park? In a time of growing anti-Semitism and relativisation of the Holocaust, Yury Kharchenko’s latest pictures demonstrate an explicitness and vehemence that are new to his work. He uses the vocabulary of Pop culture, of Disney and Hollywood, which he mixes with fantasies of violence containing taboo references to the Holocaust. The result is an artistic oeuvre which makes us look carefully and aims to galvanise.
press commentaries
Ein toll gestalteter Bildband, der Malereien, die zwischen 2018 und 2023 entstanden sind, umfänglich und in hochwertigen Reproduktionen vorgestellt. // A beautifully designed illustrated book that comprehensively presents paintings created between 2018 and 2023 in high-quality reproductions.
Münchner Merkur
Eine umfassende Werksammlung. // A comprehensive collection of works.
rbb Kultur
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Ed. Yury Kharchenko
In stock
Contributions by M. Brumlik, K. Heymer, Y. Kharchenko, H. Müller, B. Reese, C. Ring, M. Steinweg
Text: English / German304 pages, 220 colour illustrations
21.4 x 28.5 cm, hardcover
ISBN: 978-3-7774-4188-7
Keywords
Painting, contemporary art, contemporary painting, 21st century
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