Павел Полянский

For his artworks, Polanski chooses quiet and pale colors - predominantly, the shades of gray and sepia. The technique he is using can be named "grisaille". The artists of Middle Ages and of Renaissance were applying it to picture sculptures or bas-reliefs, while Polanski reaches associative connection of image and photography with this technique. His works are portraying the world which seems totally realistic, but if you look at it closely, you will notice that some details are not possible (for example, you can say it about people in summer clothes contrasting with arctic landscapes). Colorful fragments and details are breaking the illusion of reality and showing us how in fact the image is constructed.

The world of Pavel Polanski is a complicated puzzle made with various pieces and spiced with a bunch of nowadays society critics. His arctic landscapes are telling us a story about finding oil at Extreme North, which allowed consumerism to spread even in conditions of extreme frost.

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS

2023

USER-FRIENDLY INTERFACE, ASKERI GALLERY, Moscow, Russia

2022

HER NAME IS SUMMER, ASKERI GALLERY, Moscow, Russia

2021

MIRAGE, ASKERI GALLERY, Moscow, Russia

2020

IMMERSION, ASKERI GALLERY, Moscow, Russia

2019 

WALLS. ASKERI GALLERY, Moscow, Russia

SCOPE, New York, USA

2018

ARTIFACTS, ASKERI GALLERY, Moscow, Russia

2017

HABITAT, ASKERI GALLERY, Moscow, Russia

2016 

WAR OF THE WORLDS, Fine Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2015 

THE ARCTIC, Fine Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2014 

FAVORITE ARTIST, Fine Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2013

ONE DAY IN PARADISE, Fine Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2011

VOID, Aidan Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2004

GIRLS FROM SOMEONE’S DREAM, Artgentum Gallery, Moscow Russia

GROUP PROJECTS

2023

1703 St. Petersburg ART FAIR, Saint Petersburg, Russia

2022

RUSSIAN CREATIVE WEEK, Moscow, Russia

1703 St. Petersburg ART FAIR, Saint Petersburg, Russia

ARTMOSCOW, Moscow, Russia

BETWEEN THE PAST AND THE FUTURE. CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS AT THE LUBLINO ESTATE, Moscow, Russia

2021

RUSSIAN ANTIQUE SALON + ART MOSCOW, Moscow, Russia

ARTLIFE FEST, Moscow, Russia

2019

ART021 SHANGHAI, ASKERI GALLERY booth, Shanghai, China

SCOPE NEW YORK, New York, USA

2018

ART KAOHSIUNG, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

ARСH MOSCOW, Moscow, Russia

2014

ART MOSCOW, Moscow, Russia

2013

ART MOSCOW, Moscow, Russia

2011

ART BRUSSELS, Brussels, Belgium

ART MOSCOW, Moscow, Russia

2010

ART MOSCOW, Moscow, Russia

2009

SELF PORTRAIT, Fine Art Gallery. Moscow, Russia

ART MOSCOW, Moscow, Russia

2008

FRESH BLOOD. DIEHL + GALLERY ONE, Moscow, Russia

MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE OF YOUNG ART, Context Program, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia

PROJECT MIGRATION, Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia

FREEDOM OF CHOICE, Society for the Promotion of Arts. State Museum of Contemporary History of Russia, Moscow, Russia

2007

SPACE, Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia

2006

EXHIBITION OF MOSCOW UNION OF ARTISTS, Central House of Artists. Moscow, Russia

ART MOSCOW, Russia

TEN FACES, exhibition of students T.G. Nazarenko, Gallery Kuznetsky Bridge. Moscow, Russia

POWER, Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia

2005

ART MOSCOW, Moscow, Russia

MEMORY, Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia

COMPETITION OF YOUNG ARTISTS OF RUSSIA, State Tretyakov Gallery. Moscow, Russia

2004

ART MANEGE Moscow, Russia

BETWEEN, Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia

ART MOSCOW, Moscow, Russia

2003

EXHIBITION OF ACADEMY, Moscow-Petersburg, Russia

2002

YOUTH EXHIBITION OF MOSCOW UNION OF ARTISTS, Moscow, Russia

FRASER GALLERY, London, United Kingdom

2001

YOUTH EXHIBITION OF MOSCOW UNION OF ARTISTS, Moscow, Russia

RICHARD AND THOMAS GALLERIES, USA