"Myshkin", acrylic and gold leaves on canvas, 2020, Costas Labdas
Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin, the main character in Dostoevsky’s book The Idiot, suffers from the sacred disease (as the ancient Greeks referred to epilepsy). This painting is part of a trilogy, in which the author painted the other two characters from Dostoevsky’s books (Kirilov and Schmerdiakov), who also suffered from epilepsy, exactly as their author did.
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.