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the work of Ukranian photographer Andrey Kolesnikov

Author: Distil Ennui | Post Date: 04-01-2022

It was a real pleasure to be invited by past 'Dark Vat' resident artist and now curator Oleg Deetz to visit this exhibition before it opens to the public 6th January 2022.

Oleg states 'The result of the observation was a simple conclusion: to not hold this exhibition would be a crime against photography itself.'

The works were so delicately placed directly onto the exposed, raw and unforgiving walls, each in perfect placement with the space and with each other forming vivid framing for the works. 

The colour ranges and subjects were salon hung and grouped into pocket selections, they ranged from the delicately rich and vibrant tones that dream of sunlit beaches; to the bleached out hues matching those of walking home at the break of dawn from a late night, somewhere, with somebody. As the light sears your very fibre with its simple purity.

To me it seemed impossible to achieve such a delicate balance of works held so precariously in place in such vigour while screaming off the walls in whispering explosions of pure graphical force. 

Andrey explores his environment with an eye for isolations in framing, you have to really look to discover each images secrets all based on location, object and context. The three twist around each other in delicious quizzical torment. Andrey Kolesnikov has achieved that most marvellous of things, a great exhibition. Its small and its brash, but it fills you up and rewards you, and I am dam glad that I saw it. I look forward to following how Andrey's work develops, for ours is not a short journey.

The exhibition is open until the 29th January, Location QVADRAT (map link).

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