Press Release
21 December 1993
To celebrate the first anniversary, Schoeni Art Gallery is organising an unprecedented exhibition which showcases works of internationally renowned Russian artist, Alexander Zhacharov (b. 1960, Moscow, Russia) His works are present in museums and private collections all over the world but remain mostly unknown to the Hong Kong audience. It is therefore with great pleasure and pride that the Schoeni Art Gallery invites the Hong Kong public to share the very unusual vision of this artist who, with his distinctive style, delves into issues which have a direct bearing on all of our lives: the origin and the existence of mankind, man's relationship with one another, politics, religion, and man's sexuality.
Zhacharov has also held solo and group shows all over Europe and America and his works are coveted by private collectors in Asia, Europe and America. His recent works consist of a series of very colourful miniatures, inhabited by prehistorical dinosaurs, giant insects and human beings of different races. Through this seemingly surreal universe, Zhacharov tries to address very pertinent issues of Russia's recent political history, the origin of man, the relationship of men among themselves, with their surroundings and other living creatures.
