Realism Without Borders

Exhibiting side by side, Soviet and historical works with contemporary works by Russian, Ukrainian, American, French, Norwegian, Chinese and German artists, Realism Without Borders aims to connect two centuries and two continents via the commitment to realist painting traditions.

The exhibition at Vanessa Rothe Fine Art in Laguna Beach, California, will unite international historical works with contemporary artists who have studied the same fine art techniques and are working in similar genres today, including Joseph Todorovitch, Derek Penix, Michelle Dunaway, Olga Krimon, Oleg Lomakin, Boris Gladchenko, Vadim Suvorov, Sergey Kovalenko and David Gray. This exhibition will allow collectors a rare chance to view and compare works from America, Europe and Russia and to purchase for their own fine art collection. Works will range from small, affordable gems that make excellent gifts, to large-scale, museum-quality works of fine art.

The exhibition, featuring more than 50 works by 25 international artists, blurs physical country borders combining artists from all over the world, as well as allows for creative freedom without boundaries within the works. Often combining realism, impressionism and just a touch of abstract, the works form a bold exhibition concept that is the talk of the art world. Paintings may combine a finely rendered figure with thicker blurred edges or abstract backgrounds. From bold brushwork to fine details, from the Russian schools of realism in St. Petersburg to the Ukrainian works with vibrant loose impressionist brushwork, the works begin to create their own category of contemporary realism.