"Alyosha Karamazov", acrylic on canvas, Bishop Maxim, 2023
"As long as I look at him, I go crazy. He is so simple and small and close to us, but he is also a giant hero of the Gospel of Christ. Glory be to You, Lord, who shows the light of Your FACE and the light of the face of Your humble servant Alyosha. By... mistake, you did something so big and so simple. Kind of like a self-taught genius." - Stamatis Skliris
SAVED BY BEAUTY
Dostoevsky and the Modern World
A Visual Tribute to the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-2021)
Painting exhibition of the group OCHRE
Edited by Bishop Maxim (Vasiljevic)
This exhibit is a tribute to literary legend Fyodor Dostoevsky on the occasion of two hundred years since his birth (1821-2021). The paintings reflect aspects of the author's life and struggles as well as characters and scenes from his famous novels and seek to awaken in us a sense of a deeper spiritual reality and a transformative beauty.