On January 21, the exhibition “Artist Vadim Alekseevich Gorbatov. From the tundra to the jungle” was opened. The exhibition dedicated to the artist’s 85th birthday can be visited until April 6. About 40 works can be seen on it, including field watercolors, book graphics, oil painting. The subjects of the paintings cover a wide variety of natural areas, which is reflected in the title of the exhibition: “From the tundra to the jungle.” Falconry is a separate topic.
Most of the works presented at the exhibition are originals. Moreover, field watercolors are the most expensive works for the artist, which were created directly in nature: forests, mountains, tundra, jungles and deserts. Sometimes in the cold, in fogs, snow or under the scorching sun. These watercolors carry an indescribable feeling of those places, captured by the artist from space and time and put on paper. Some of the watercolors still have mosquitoes stuck to them or scattered drops of incipient rain that have become part of the painting… In many paintings, you can see work records: the names of animals and plants, plants, time of day, weather, etc. The artist constantly uses these field watercolors when he paints oil painting in his studio.
Most of the works presented at the exhibition have never been exhibited before. And one can only regret that the exhibition occupies such a modest area. But at the same time, it should be noted that even in this small space, the exposition is organized in a whole and harmonious way, thanks to the ideas and work of the museum’s designer Lyudmila Litvinova (with whom Vadim Gorbatov studied at Stroganovka), artist Sergei Peshekhonov and curator of the exhibition Nadezhda Tregub. In addition to paintings, the exhibition features the artist’s field diaries, books, falconry paraphernalia, and photographs of Vadim Gorbatov at work.
The exhibition will run until April 6, at Moscow, State Darwin Museum, 57 Vavilova St., main building, 3rd floor.
