2021
acrylic on canvas
70 × 100 cm
128,000 ₽
In Quarrel, Gena Zhuk turns two identical forms into a harsh dialogue with his typical precision and irony: the two houses seem to embody the silence after a conflict. The strict composition, flat perspective and pure colours work as dramatic tools, where simplicity becomes the language of tension and form a way of speaking about the inexpressible.
1996, Moscow. Lives and works in Moscow
Gena Zhuk is an artist who has built his own visual language where irony meets strict compositional discipline. His painting is a flat surface filled with air and inner tension, where simplicity of form is the main tool. Gena captures states in which time seems to stop and the line between reality and its symbolic reflection fades. Having started with graffiti on the street in 2009, Zhuk has focused on studio work…
