KOPEIKIN MEETS LONDON
NIKOLAY KOPEIKIN
14th june - 12th july 2012
Cheburashka in London. Acrylic on Canvas. 2012.
An exhibition of renowned Russian artist Nikolay Kopeikin, organised by the London Collectors Club and staged in the inviting gallery space of Pushkin House near the British Museum.
‘Kopeikin Meets London” is the first show of Nikolay Kopeikin’s works ever made in London and the UK. The artist presents his works including a new series depicting the world famous 19th-century Russian poet Alexander Pushkin visiting London in the Olympic year. As with all Kopeikin’s work, his humour is international and reflects the artitst’s increasing interest in the world outside of Russia. His talent is evoling with the changing times: from capturing post-Soviet characters he moves on to depicting modern social types masterfully blending national and universal and appealing to the audiences world-wide.
With Alexander Borovsky (catalogue foreword) and Edward Lucie-Smith (exhibition opening)