Self-portrait, 2010
"Theatricality resembles painting. Composition is my show"
The work of Ivan Lubennikov defies any classification as it is a pure visual game combining chiaroscuro, formal sleekness and extreme stylization. His topics - nude, food, alcohol, Siberian landscapes - outline implicitly the portrait of an ironical and hedonist personality as well as an attentive observer of the history of Russia. Leitmotifs of his painting, women condense all the complexity of the artist.