Zorikto Dorjiev exhibition opens at New Jerusalem Museum

“Creativity is a local battle that takes place on canvas,” says Zorikto Dorzhiev. This battle with chaos leads to a search for beauty and harmony. The exhibition of Zorikto Dorzhiev opened in the New Jerusalem Museum. The work of the “Lord of Dreams” was seen by Lydia Aleshin. A great steppe and a lonely philosopher. Timeless travel. In the works of Zorikto Dorzhiev there is no pure ethnographism. This work – “The Lord of Dreams” – gave the name of the exhibition. Fantasy-reflections on the life of nomads, warriors, heroes, oriental beauties. “We invite you to enjoy this beauty, which the artist creates, balancing between the traditional approach to the formation of composition, the colorful layer, but at the same time weaves there the national features of Buryat art and deep philosophical arguments,” said Anna Antipenko, Director General of the State Historical and Art Museum “New Jerusalem”. Mysterious, beautiful and strong heroines: mother, sister, mistress, beloved. "Unwritten Letters," a triptych, "Juliet's Diary." Each heroine Zorikto Dorzhiev has its own story and its own secret. On the canvas “The Tale of an Apricot Grove” is the 10-year-old daughter of the artist, to whom he told stories from his childhood before going to bed. My father said that in Buryatia winter - sub-zero temperatures, snow, ice and all that. There are places where apricots, wild apricots grow. As an adult, I saw growing apricots. They are acidic, they are not edible, but you can probably make some pickles-jam from them. But during the flowering period it is terribly beautiful, shared the artist Zorikto Dorzhiev. “Morning of the Goddess”: Medusa of the Gorgon tames rebellious hair – a snake. "Old age superhero." "12 Demons Inside." The series "Head in the Clouds" - metaphors of the Garden of Eden. “Connection of Siberian, Asian, Buryat with modern currents. Probably, it is unique, said the gallerist Konstantin Khankhalaev. Eternal life and eternal battle, the theme of masks – from funeral brass to silicone – is already from the series “Beauty Salon”. The element of fire, the element of the earth – works that deconstruct recognizable images. "Vajra-punk" is the author's style of Zorikto Dorjiev. “Vajra” is a reference to the Buddhist tradition, iconography, philosophy, and “punk” is the same punk that has its roots in harsh, aggressive, musical, non-professional sound, drive, aggression, and so on. The exhibition presents paintings and graphics representing the artist’s creative search for two decades. Combines works of different years specially created spatial composition. These metal structures are part of the installation: “The Universe, Space, Man”, whose body is a cell for emotions, imagination, feelings. This exhibition is a journey through the worlds of Zorikto Dorzhiev, where the fictional and real, comic and sad are nearby.

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