ARCA: Kirill Ashesteen. Shadow of a Doubt

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Kirill Ashesteen is a multidisciplinary artist, part of the street art movement. His works have been featured in solo exhibitions in Russia and Taiwan, art fairs Art Fair Tokyo in Japan and Cosmoscow in Russia, art festivals in Russia, Turkey, Poland and Denmark. His style is informed by the graffiti subculture and the contemporary era of new technologies and the Internet. His painted compositions merge figurative images and abstract expressionism. They are inspired by the perception of the urban environment, the emotions of experiencing its shapes and light. Kirill Ashesteen uses acrylic and analogue tools together with experimental and nostalgic 'digital' images, as well as graphic techniques he invented while spray painting as a street artist.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Kirill Ashesteen is a multidisciplinary artist, part of the street art movement. His works have been featured in solo exhibitions in Russia and Taiwan, art fairs Art Fair Tokyo in Japan and Cosmoscow in Russia, art festivals in Russia, Turkey, Poland and Denmark. His style is informed by the graffiti subculture and the contemporary era of new technologies and the Internet. His painted compositions merge figurative images and abstract expressionism. They are inspired by the perception of the urban environment, the emotions of experiencing its shapes and light. Kirill Ashesteen uses acrylic and analogue tools together with experimental and nostalgic 'digital' images, as well as graphic techniques he invented while spray painting as a street artist.

ARCA

ARCA is a joint project of the Ruarts Foundation and MMOMA launched in the spring of 2019 as part of the first Street Art Forum, dedicated to the exploration of street art, public art, and graffiti. Every four months, new murals of different Russian street artists appear in the arch of the MMOMA Educational Center on 17 Ermolaevsky Lane (to the right of the entrance). The project has featured Ivan Nainti, Evgeny Muluk, 0331c, NOOTK, Artem Stefanov, Dmitry Aske, Alexey Partola, SY, Petro, Misha Bury, Dmitry Retro, DUSTO, among others.