The exhibition of works by the Russian artist Pavel Otdelnov “Hometown”

In the abandoned Old Waiting Room at Peckham Rye station, an exhibition by the artist Pavel Otdelnov from Dzerzhinsk will take place. The “Hometown” project is dedicated to the experience of the creator’s own emigration, who moved to London just two years ago.

In his works, he delves into the history of his hometown, built in the 1930s on sand, which became the capital of Soviet chemistry, experienced decline in the 90s, and now has revived as the largest producer of ammunition.

The artist looks at the present through the prism of the past: his paintings are populated with ghosts, emphasizing how the achievements of Soviet industry have turned into an ecological disaster, how teenagers from gangs have grown up and become the powerful.

Otdelnov looks into the past, seeking what is valuable and dear to him in it, while simultaneously discovering the prerequisites for a humanitarian catastrophe that is unfolding before our eyes today.

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