Alexander Barkovsky

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Description

Alexander Barkovsky
Gipsy Madonna No. 6
watercolour and tempera on lithograph with sequins, embroidery and velvet in artist's wooden frame
72 by 52.5cm.; 28 3/8 by 20 5/8 in.
Executed in 2008-2010, this work is unique.

Provenance

Collection of the Artist

Exhibited

Ekaterinburg, Metenkov House Museum of Photography, International Photography Prize: Europe and Asia - Dialogue of Culture, 2009
Moscow, 2nd Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, My Favorite Toys, 2010
Tashkent, ART-Fact Gallery, Crossroads, 2011
Tashkent, Zarkaynar Art Centre, Signs of Time, 2012

Catalogue Note

The Gipsy Madonnas series was awarded the Golden Prize at the 6th Tashkent Photo Biennale for 'Best Young Photographer Project' in 2012.

“One category of beggars in our streets is women with children- the title Gipsy Madonna came to me as I was photographing these women. It is almost as outrageous as the fact that a prostitute modelled for Raphael’s Sistine Madonna.” Alexander Barkovsky