The exhibition «Daniil Fedorov. The Theatre of the Portrait» opens at the Coach House of the Bakhrushin Museum’s Main Building on the World Theatre Day.
On the one hand, the «Theatre of the Portrait» is about bright heroes, famous Russian and foreign figures of theatre and cinema. On the other hand, the «Theatre of the Portrait» is about a modern interpretation of the essence of the portrait genre, when not just showing a physical resemblance, but a disclosure of the inner world of a person becomes essential. This person is an actor or a theatre director, whose image is often surrounded by stereotypes of public consciousness. And a portrait artist acts as a «director» building mise-en-scenes to fully reveal an «actor», whose portrait is born on a canvas.
The real symbols of epochs are shown at the exhibition: our outstanding contemporaries from the world of theatre and cinema Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Alexander Kalyagin, Mark Zakharov, Yuri Solomin, Alexey Borodin, Valery Fokin, Alisa Freindlich; the great beauties of the world cinema Greta Garbo, Sophia Loren, Romy Schneider, Mary Pickford, Vera Kholodnaya… A whole series of works is dedicated to Audrey Hepburn – the artist sends her on holiday to Moscow. There are also the monumental portraits of the great Russian writers and poets – Alexander Pushkin, Alexander Blok, Ivan Bunin, Vladimir Mayakovsky…
The works of Daniil Fedorov are created at the interface of different styles and art movements. Representing the fourth generation of artists in the Osipov-Fedorovs dynasty, Daniil relies on the classical Russian painting school, impressionism and post-impressionism, avant-garde movements of the early 20th century, but at the same time he plays with techniques of hyperrealism and pop art. Well-known art historians and artists emphasize a picturesque relaxedness and inner confidence in the artist’s works. This combination gives rise to energetic modern portraits and brings live force to the images.
In total, about 50 works by Daniil Fedorov are presented at the exhibition.
Daniil Fedorov was born in 1979 in the family that continues the dynasty of Moscow artists Osipov and Fedorov, existing in the Russian art for more than a hundred years. His great-grandfather Alexander E. Osipov, grandmother Tamara A. Osipova, grandfather Vladislav G. Fedorov were painters. His mother Maria V. Fedorova is a People’s Artist of Russia, an Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts. His father Yuri B. Ilyin is an Honored Artist of Russia, an actor of the Maly Theatre.
Daniil Fedorov is an Honorary Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts, a member of the Moscow Union of Artists and the Union of Artists of Russia. He works in the genre of portrait, still life, landscape.