"Dostoevsky", acrylic on canvas, 2012, Stamatis Skliris
The theme depicts a man dressed in prison cloths realizing that the dungeon’s iron bars are broken, leaving the man, therefore, free to exit. After many inhumane tortures and deprivations, he gazes upon the suffering people, wishing to console them, through the experience of Christ Whom he met within the four walls of a prison cell.
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.