VIKTOR CHAZKEVICH (1943-2016). icarus.

Viktor Chazkevich (1943-2016), Icarus, oil on canvas, 2002-2007, monogrammed in Cyrillic in lower right, monogrammed again on the back, dated and titled in German and Russian, with a narrow frame strip ca. 171 x 92 cm

Literature: Boris Krepaks, 'Wiktor Chazkewitsch', Leverkusen 2014, here with illustration of the work on page 101 (book is included with the object).

Viktor Chazkevich comes from Minsk in Belarus. He studied at the art and art school, then at the Academy in Minsk, which he completed with a diploma as a monumental artist. In Minsk, he created numerous large-format works in public spaces, including for schools, bus stations and hotels. Numerous exhibitions in Belarus, Poland and the GDR were dedicated to the artist's works before he moved to Germany with his family in 2004. He lived and worked in Leverkusen until 2016. His work became known through various exhibitions in Leverkusen, Cologne and Düsseldorf. He worked unmistakably both in the tradition of socialist realism and with elements of the symbolism of the Russian avant-garde of the early 20th century. Parallels with Chazkevich can also be found in the work of famous artists such as Mikhail Vrubel or Pavel Filonov.