CONVERSATIONS BEYOND LANGUAGE (May 5, 2021 - September 1, 2021)

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This is an expanded online version of a live solo show Conversations Beyond Language at Springfield Art Association (April 30, 2021 - June 4, 2021).

The exhibition examines continuities behind the multiple visual languages in the art of Dimitri Pavlotsky.

The artworks are arranged in groups called Conversations. Each Conversation represents works in a variety of styles from different periods in Dimitri's life. These Conversations reveal messages important to the artist independent of the visual language used.

“I am not my style. As I develop a variety of visual languages, the essence remains the same. My art changes, but the core interests do not.”
– Dimitri Pavlotsky

VENTURING OUT (31 October, 2020 - January 31, 2021)

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This exhibition examines how the changes in the world influence the visual language of a painter. Chicago based painter and performer Dimitri Pavlotsky presents a collection of 28 paintings, mostly done in 2020 during the world pandemic. Several paintings completed in 2019 are also included to demonstrate the pre-pandemic style. The changes in style were not the result of a conscious intent, but the intuitive adjustment to the new energies in the world at large.

“My show titled “In Your Face” was scheduled to open in March 2020, but it was cancelled due to the pandemic. As is evident by the title, I wanted to get in the world’s face. But the world got into mine and that’s what I paint now.

Everything is more atmospheric and less secure now, which is a terrifying and exciting venturing into the world. Because of the ever-present fear (which to me is just another form of excitement), my strokes have become nervous, percussive and yet fluid. That fluidity in combination with the exciting colors is the bright hope of mine.”
– Dimitri Pavlotsky