Triumph Gallery presents a solo exhibition by Pasha Zeldovich titled Peripheral Vision. Pasha’s architectural background—both his education and many years of professional experience, including work at Zaha Hadid Architects, Asymptote Architecture, and Wowhaus—has shaped his vision and creative method. In his artistic practice, which he turned to in 2019, this is reflected in the way he observes space and the human presence within it.

Zeldovich’s artistic language lies at the intersection of the Soviet "Severe Style" and American hyperrealism of the 1970s. In the works presented, the artist aestheticizes inconspicuous areas within urban space—places we see every day but rarely pause to notice. Through his work, Pasha attempts to shift the viewer’s focus toward the familiar and the everyday—elements that, in fact, quietly shape our objective reality. Utilitarian structures such as parking lots, garages, and kiosks—situated beyond the realm of landmarks and architectural monuments—often become the settings in which our daily lives unfold, containing events, emotions, and life itself.

One of the most compelling architectural styles for Zeldovich is the architecture of late socialism. At first glance unremarkable and "standardized," it still makes up the majority of residential buildings in contemporary Russia. "The artist finds in it a distinctive monumentality and a pronounced dramatic quality, which he identifies as a specific feature of the modern post-Soviet space and reality, primarily resonating with a Russian viewer," says the curator of the project, Polina Mogilina.

Curator: Polina Mogilina