The events in Odessa at 17 February 2020

Zalman Shkliar / Street photography and metaphysics glance

17 February 2020, 10:00
category: exhibition
place: Museum of Western and Oriental art (Pushkinskaya str., 9)

 "Street photography and metaphysics of sight" Solo exhibition of photographs by Zalman Shklyar From 14 to 29 February in the Odessa Museum of Western and Oriental art will host the exhibition "Street photography and metaphysics of sight" famous street photographer of Zalman Shklyar. The exhibition consists of 30 color and 30 black-and-white photographs created by the author in recent years in different parts of the world. Most of the works presented to a wide audience for the first time.  Street black-and-white photographs of Zalman Shklyar with elements of film Noir and strict laconic geometry are his "calling card". Unusual angles of shooting, which uses the photographer, give a feeling of presence and participation of the spectator in the very event depicted in the frame In the photos of Zalman Shklyar, you can see many of the techniques used by photographers from the geometric forms of lines, the avant-garde: Rodchenko's angles. Many of the photographer focused on the material forms in which he reveals the, until then hidden, content.  Color streets of Zalman Shklyar expresses the author's vision of the metaphysics of color, the play between the different colors, games of shadows. The author tries to build a storyline between color as outer beauty of the object, and the man who invariably depicted in each frame and representing the inner, hidden world.  The work of Zalman Shklyar has repeatedly been praised world-class photographers and art critics, among them Max Kozloff, Gueorgui Pinkhassov, Bill Rauhauser, Rui Palha, John Free, Thomas Hoepker and others.  The exhibition opens on 14 February at 16:00 Odessa Museum of Western and Oriental art Pushkinskaya, 9 Opening day admission is free, further tickets 40/30/20 hryvnia Daily (except Wednesdays) from 14 to 29 February in #we_art_museum #salmanca

The poster of the event — Zalman Shkliar / Street photography and metaphysics glance in Museum of Western and Oriental art