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Ark
Si Luo
October 20 — November 13, 2023
Triumph Gallery
Triumph Gallery
In Si Luo’s works, boats stretching across the full length of pictorial friezes are inhabited by anthropomorphic animals and strange figures whose faces are concealed behind gas masks.
Triumph Gallery presents Ark, a solo exhibition by Si Luo. In this new project, the artist turns to the image of the Ark, a key motif in the biblical narrative of the Great Flood.
This archetypal image is placed within a post-apocalyptic reality. In Si Luo’s works, boats stretching across the full length of pictorial friezes are inhabited by anthropomorphic animals and strange figures whose faces are concealed behind gas masks. The scenes unfold against walls painted green, evoking the entrances of apartment buildings and the corridors of social institutions in post-Soviet Russia.
This archetypal image is placed within a post-apocalyptic reality. In Si Luo’s works, boats stretching across the full length of pictorial friezes are inhabited by anthropomorphic animals and strange figures whose faces are concealed behind gas masks. The scenes unfold against walls painted green, evoking the entrances of apartment buildings and the corridors of social institutions in post-Soviet Russia.
Triumph Gallery presents Ark, a solo exhibition by Si Luo. In this new project, the artist turns to the image of the Ark, a key motif in the biblical narrative of the Great Flood.
This archetypal image is placed within a post-apocalyptic reality. In Si Luo’s works, boats stretching across the full length of pictorial friezes are inhabited by anthropomorphic animals and strange figures whose faces are concealed behind gas masks. The scenes unfold against walls painted green, evoking the entrances of apartment buildings and the corridors of social institutions in post-Soviet Russia.
This archetypal image is placed within a post-apocalyptic reality. In Si Luo’s works, boats stretching across the full length of pictorial friezes are inhabited by anthropomorphic animals and strange figures whose faces are concealed behind gas masks. The scenes unfold against walls painted green, evoking the entrances of apartment buildings and the corridors of social institutions in post-Soviet Russia.
Drawing on the сюжет of Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, Si Luo transposes the narrative into a contemporary setting: his canvases feature recognizable elements of modern fashion, familiar objects, and inscriptions in Russian. By employing compositional techniques characteristic of the Early Renaissance, the artist reconstructs the atmosphere of Russian reality in which he lived from 1999 to 2020.
Drawing on the сюжет of Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, Si Luo transposes the narrative into a contemporary setting: his canvases feature recognizable elements of modern fashion, familiar objects, and inscriptions in Russian. By employing compositional techniques characteristic of the Early Renaissance, the artist reconstructs the atmosphere of Russian reality in which he lived from 1999 to 2020.
As in his earlier projects, Si Luo conveys ideas associated with existentialist thought. Under the pressure of the fear of inevitable death, the human figures in his paintings move submissively in a single predetermined direction or merge into an anonymous crowd. Yet, unlike his previous works, the pieces presented in this exhibition are infused with irony, cynicism, and humor. Humor becomes the only force capable of resisting a painful and terrifying reality. "One cannot help but ask: is there hope within this immense, overwhelming wave of horror and madness, ready to sweep away everything in its path? After all, the story of the Ark is ultimately a story of salvation," writes the exhibition’s curator Polina Mogilina.
Si Luo is a Russian-Chinese artist. In 1999, he moved from Hubei to Saint Petersburg, where he first graduated from the Ioganson Art School at the Repin Academy and later from the Painting Faculty of the Repin Academy of Arts.
Si Luo is a Russian-Chinese artist. In 1999, he moved from Hubei to Saint Petersburg, where he first graduated from the Ioganson Art School at the Repin Academy and later from the Painting Faculty of the Repin Academy of Arts.
As in his earlier projects, Si Luo conveys ideas associated with existentialist thought. Under the pressure of the fear of inevitable death, the human figures in his paintings move submissively in a single predetermined direction or merge into an anonymous crowd. Yet, unlike his previous works, the pieces presented in this exhibition are infused with irony, cynicism, and humor. Humor becomes the only force capable of resisting a painful and terrifying reality. "One cannot help but ask: is there hope within this immense, overwhelming wave of horror and madness, ready to sweep away everything in its path? After all, the story of the Ark is ultimately a story of salvation," writes the exhibition’s curator Polina Mogilina.
Si Luo is a Russian-Chinese artist. In 1999, he moved from Hubei to Saint Petersburg, where he first graduated from the Ioganson Art School at the Repin Academy and later from the Painting Faculty of the Repin Academy of Arts.
Si Luo is a Russian-Chinese artist. In 1999, he moved from Hubei to Saint Petersburg, where he first graduated from the Ioganson Art School at the Repin Academy and later from the Painting Faculty of the Repin Academy of Arts.
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