OPENING NIGHT AND MEETING WITH THE ARTIST: June 8, 7:30p.m.
Wine will be served
ADMISSION: free
Olga Porter is a Russian-born painter. In the USA she studied life drawing and painting in California and Texas, including Glassell School of Art in Houston. Currently a resident of Houston, Olga frequently takes painting trips in the US and abroad. The subjects of Porter‘s paintings are cityscapes and the human form. Her work is distinguished by forceful gestural marks, light abstraction, occasional displacement of elements and play with proportion.
We are open: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
MEET THE PHOTOGRAPHER: Thursday, March 15, 7:30 p.m.
ADMISSION: free
MASTER CLASS: Monday, March 19, 7:30 p.m.
ADMISSION: $30
Dmitry Vyshemirsky is a resident of Kaliningrad. Until the end of World War II it was a city of East Prussia named Kenigsberg. Kaliningrad Region is a cultural landscape which emerged in Europe from a conflicting fusion of German and Russian cultures. The German heritage and today’s reality of his native city is the major focus of the art of Vyshemirsky.
The author attempts to expand the boundaries of traditional genres of photography. He is striving to express by means of the picture the methods he developed himself, to apply a single style throughout the images he has captured, to bring purely photographic and fine art features intimately into synthesis, and – remaining a photographer – to fill up his photographs with a wide range of painting styles.
Photo-documentary project “Post-“ includes colour slides produced exclusively in the Kaliningrad region, during 2004-2006. All photographs were taken using a tripod at a natural eye level without angle, using one camera and one type of film. Having applied this strict method of taking pictures, the author succeeded in scrutinizing everyday life. Balancing on the thin line of trivia, he managed to see a lot of interesting things in this common and ordinary life, and yet created a meditative, philosophical and poetic image of the land in which he lives.
We are open: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Enjoy the broad assortment of traditional Russian souvenirs and gifts for Valentine, Easter and any occasion:
Russian gzhel. The history of Gzhel dates back to old times and its will have a long life. The famous folk craft is gathering new force. The factory’s product range includes: vases, tableware sets and sculptured items.
Lomonosov Vintage figurine (Imperial Factory). Lomonosov Factory is the first in the country to have worked out technology and set up production of thin-walled bone china items which are notable for enhanced whiteness, thinness and transparency in comparison with traditional hard porcelain.
Beautiful jewelry boxes – lacquer miniatures, hand-painted with the Russian fairy-tale motifs;
Golden “Khokhloma” (wood painting tableware);
Nesting dolls – famous “Matreshkas”, big and small;
Souvenir flasks;
Beautiful icons, paintings and more
and many more will be a perfect gift for you and your family!
Victoria Kovalenchikova is a professional artist from Belarus, who has been living and working in the Netherlands since 2008. The contemporary trend in her paintings is characterized by a figurative integration of abstract elements. Victoria uses “fragments of emotion” to express her individuality within the framework of urban views and landscapes.
Victoria explains her artwork as follows: “One walks to the favorite spot on the lake, but it is covered with litter. We inhale pollution instead of a flower fragrance. My new work is an outlook at the apocalyptic transformation of the world which surrounds us; creation of ecological crashes of the planet; shout in the cold infinity of cosmos. It is an attempt to understand and help humans by influencing them through the language of art. Maybe it will prevent desire to destruct and destroy life around us…”
Victoria’s work can be found at the Museum of Belarusian State Academy of Arts, Belarusian Contemporary Fine Art Museum, The National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus (all in Minsk, Belarus), Maslennikov Art Museum, Mogilev Regional Study of Local Lore Museum named after Romanov, Mogilev Museum of Ethnography (all in Mogilev, Belarus), Belarusian Embassy in Berlin, Germany; Belarusian Embassy in Hague, the Netherlands; in the collection of the municipality of Coevorden, the Netherlands; as well as in private collections in Germany, Polland, Russia, Belarus, USA, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, France, Lebanon and Switzerland.
Mark Cheikhet describes his work as action painting – a form of Abstract Expressionism. He paints with forceful, rapid, impulsive brush strokes or by splashing the paint directly onto the canvas. He cites as his major artistic influences the painters Pablo Picasso,
Jackson Pollock and Joan Miro. Being a very talented musician as well, he is also inspired by music and sounds.
Mark Cheikhet graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, the city where he began his career as an artist. During the intervening years he has participated in numerous exhibitions across the United States and the Russian Federation.
Admission is free
All works are available for sale
Beverages will be served
For more information call 713-395-3301 or e-mail OurTexasInc@gmail.com
Event Sponsors
This project is funded in part by a grant of the City of Houston through the Houston Art Alliance
Vladislav (Vlad) Zherebyatin was born in 1966. Vlad lives in Crimea, city of Sevastopol, Ukraine. He has participated in various art exhibitions in Ukraine and also in Poland and Germany since 1989. His works are presented in private collections in Germany, USA, Israel, Greece, Italy, and Switzerland. Paintings of Vlad Zherebyatin are a great way to get a feel for Ukraine. They help you to visualize the beauty of this land. His still lifes, with colorful flowers and fruits, are vibrant, reflecting the blossom of Ukraine.
For more information: 713.395.3301 or rcc@ourtx.com
WHEN: August 15 – February 25, 2009 Monday-Friday: 8:30a.m.-5:30p.m., Saturday: 11:00a.m.-3:00p.m.
WHERE: Russian Cultural Center Our Texas (2337 Bissonnet; Houston, TX 77005)
Admission is free.
Works are available for sale.
“Creating an abstract composition that has a luminous mixture of forms and colors brings me happiness, inner strength and freedom. I hope that viewers will feel the same when they see my works… I think that the task of the artist is to show the things that one can feel but not see. And that’s what I am awaiting from my public-imagination and fantasy.” – Dmitri Koustov
After graduating from Ivanovo Art Institute, Dmitri worked in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia. Since 2000, Dmitri lives and works in College Station, Texas, USA. Dmitri’s paintings combine clear and intensive colors, forming the splendid harmony.
The works of Dmitri Koustov are in collections of the Ivanovo Art Museum, as well as in private collections in Russia, Germany, France, Austria, Singapore, England, Finland, and the United States.
The works of Dmitri Koustov are currently represented by Anya Tish Gallery.
For information: 713.395.3301 or rcc@ourtx.com
Event Sponsors
This project is funded in part by a grant of the City of Houston through the Houston Art Alliance
