Events

Wolfe von Lenkiewicz Triumph Gallery (Metropol and Novokuznetskaya) 

Victory over the Sum

Wolfe von Lenkiewicz's largest solo show to date will spread over Triumph Gallery's two spectacular locations in Moscow: a grand 19th century merchant's mansion and Triumph's new ground floor space at the iconic Metropol Hotel.

The title of the exhibition references the pivotal Russian avant-garde opera Victory over the Sun (1913), a tribute to the sense of insurmountable ambition at the dawn of a new era. This same soaring spirit resonates in von Lenkiewicz. Exquisitely rendered with the arsenal of Old Master techniques at his disposal, von Lenkiewicz's productions range from the intimate to the grand scale of the Renaissance. By contrast, his compositional elements are drawn from a pool of modern and contemporary art-historical stars ranging from Balthus, Picasso, Chagall, Malevich, Warhol, Hirst and Koons. Not intending to trivialise his source material, von Lenkiewicz's skilful form of art-historical fusion liberates new meanings from the originals.