"White Nights by Dostoevsky", acrylic on canvas, 2021, Stamatis Skliris
The gloomy hero at the bottom of the square offers his hand to his beloved woman who climbs down the stairs towards him. The shady square, however, together with the church, the romantic streetlight and -above all- his sorrow anticipates the deadend to their affair.
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.