Lot 174: The Sky, Olegovskaya, 2008

The Sky, Olegovskaya, 2008
Oil on canvas. 310 x 209 cm. (122 x 82 1/4 in).  Signed and dated 'Gnill 2008' on the reverse.

 Kiev, Collection Gallery, Alexander Gnilitsky, Modesty and Lard, 30 October – 11 November, 2009

 Exhibition catalogue, Collection Gallery, Modesty and Lard, Kiev, 2008, p. 43 (illustrated)

 Collection Gallery, Kiev

I am not scared of big formats. I worked and I studied to be a stage designer and painted 20 m decorations. I'm not afraid to spoil and throw out canvas. To me, size is a big field of color, a big space. I love big formats, it is emotional, like the nature around us. I just don't get it why people must put a wall into a format. I often take big paintings as photo wallpaper. They alone are the background. It will take muc htime, many more years to prove—this is what I'm probably doing... (ed. Collection Gallery, Alexander Gnilitsky (quoted), Bloomsday '08 Ideal Century, Kiev, 2008, p. 50)