On December 18, an exhibition of Yuri Alexeev's paintings will open at the Irkutsk Scientific Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, including some painted underwater at a depth of 10 meters. Visitors will see Baikal landscapes and works devoted to nature of Baikal and the Siberian taiga, and at the opening the artist himself will perform his songs. Admission is free, but you can come only on the opening day, as the institution is closed to visitors on other days.
On December 18, an exhibition of paintings of Lake Baikal, including those painted underwater, by artist Yuri Alekseev will open at the Irkutsk Scientific Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.Artist, diver, and bard Alekseev paints underwater landscapes in oil on canvas at a depth of 10 meters. Residents of the city will be able to see these paintings, as well as familiar Baikal views, on December 18 from 4:00 p.m. at the Scientific Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences at 134 Lermontov Street. Admission is free.
During the opening, guests will be treated to a concert, where the artist and bard will perform his songs.
“The exhibition will be open until 2015. Anyone can come on December 18, but on other days it is already a problem, since we are a closed institution. We originally planned the exhibition for our staff, but then decided that it would be interesting to everyone,” the press center said.
Background: Yuri Alekseev is an Irkutsk artist and performer of bard songs, by education a surveyor-cartographer. In 2010, he was entered into the Book of Records of the Irkutsk Region as the first artist in Russia to paint Baikal underwater. The main theme of his works is the unique nature of Baikal and the Siberian taiga.