As a Russian-born artist who lives and works in Germany, Ekatherina Savtchenko could be said to have dual aesthetic citizenship. This is no small asset in an era of multiculturalism, and she exploits it fully, drawing freely from the rich cultural resources of both countries, ancient and modern, to augment her own unique sensibility.
Gallery goers who first caught up with this postmodern whiz kid in her explosive exhibition of very large canvases at Westwood Gallery in Soho earlier this year
will also find much to appreciate, albeit on a more intimate scale, in her new exhibition of painted photographs at A. Jain Marunouchi Gallery, 24 West 57th Street, from November 26 through December 7.
(There will be a reception for the artist on Tuesday, November 26, 5:30 to 7:30PM.)
Savtchenko calls the exhibition “Le Sacre du Printemp,” after the controversial ballet, known in English as “The Rite of Spring,” that the great Russian avant garde composer Igor Stravinsky unveiled for the balletomanes and haut monde of Paris in 1913.