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Creator: Andrei Petrov
Offered by: Arco Gallery

Description
Andrei Petrov is an American Artist of Russian origins. His paintings are the expression of his lifelong struggle to retain memories of his childhood and life.
He writes: "As a child I was involved in an accident that affected my memory and compelled me to paint. Ever since, I have been trying to reclaim what I lost through my work. These paintings probe the distortion, incompleteness and rare moments of clarity in the shadows of memory.
Each piece portrays the intrinsic struggle and selective inclusion or exclusion of details in the process of recollection. At times, sharpness occurs in the rear of the picture plane while the out of focus, obscured areas, exist in a larger scale toward the foreground and make reference to the inscrutable nature of long and short term memory."

This intense abstraction is part of one of the most recent body of works by Petrov. His more typical palette of purples and blues is here abandoned for a subdued composition that uses only black, white, and gray. This highly emotional painting has the same mysterious internal luminescence of some of the latest works by Rembrandt and the darkest paintings by symbolist French painter Odilon Redon. As often for Petrov's work, a reference to nature and natural landscapes is present, yet dissimulated into an abstract composition.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	New
Condition:	New.
Styles / Movements:	Contemporary
Incollect Reference #:	750988

Dimensions

W.	29.5 in;	H.	40.5 in;	D.	1.5 in;
W.	74.93 cm;	H.	102.87 cm;	D.	3.81 cm;

Message from Seller:

Arco Gallery, founded in 2013 by Valentina Puccioni, offers a truly personalized art experience in the heart of SoHo, NYC. Located in a historic loft and open by appointment only, the gallery provides exclusive, intimate viewings, away from the mainstream gallery scene. P: 212.226.1207 E: valentina@arcogallery.com