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Victor Pakhomkin "From Zero to Infinity" oil/canvas 60" X 70"
"Pakhomkin’s large paintings appeal through their exquisitely balanced compositions, strong images, and the impeccable training the artist received at the Repin Institute in St. Petersburg, Russia. There is an intriguing juxtaposition of symbolic images in the carefully structured works, which we need to "pull apart" in order to find the hidden presence behind the puzzle. The artist plays with history and our perception of it, combining into almost ritualistic tableaux the icon of Imperialism – the Faberge egg – and the icon of the Russian avant-garde and Suprematism – a Malevich painting." - "Washington Review" June/July 1996
"Pakhomkin has chosen a very Russian subject (decorated eggs) for several large paintings, but he brings them to a blunt contemporary state by the overlaying of broad bands of plain color, which at first seem obtrusive, yet become an integral part of these massive canvasses on a more studious look." – Lennox Campello, Fraser Gallery
Ceremonial Object 60 X 70" oil/canvas 1994
Imperial Object 60 X 70" oil/canvas 1994
Ceremonial Object 60X70" oil/canvas 1994
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