Few people know that behind the image of the charismatic gallery owner is the story of a refugee artist who began his journey on the St. Petersburg art scene in the 1990s as a street artist. In the early 2000s, Revaz Zhvania made a choice in favor of the gallery business and over 20 years of work drew the public’s attention to the key names of the Leningrad and Moscow underground, opened dozens of new names to the art scene, and also formed many significant private and museum collections.

The paintings presented in the exhibition were painted within the walls of the gallery within two weeks during breaks between the gallery owner’s work. Revaz Zhvania, maneuvering between two professions, conducts an experiment on himself: in an attempt to reflect on canvas the emotions of today, the artist goes on a walk through time, turning to the places and heroes that are most important to him. A series of graphic sketches, accumulated in a pocket notebook over the past 13 years, form cinematic snapshots of life. The plots collected bit by bit seem to come to life under the spots of color, emerging in the artist’s memory.

The exhibition will last until December 10. Free admission.
Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 12:00-19:00.

St. Petersburg, Bolshoy pr. V.O., 62
See you at DiDi Gallery!