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The First Painting

The First Painting

Acrylic on canvas
70 x 110 cm
2018
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About the artist

Alexei Gordin (born in 1989) studied painting in Tallinn and Helsinki and currently lives and works in Tallinn.

Although he has a background as a painter, Gordin fluently uses different media and works with drawing, photography, video, and performance.

The main subject matter of his artistic practice is absurdly stereotypical thinking and behaviour patterns of people in contemporary mass society. Gordin’s works are almost always narrative in nature and often cover exciting or annoying situations. In the early years of his career, filthy slums, empty industrial landscapes, marginalised and stigmatised social groups, and vulgar jokes constituted the core atmosphere of Gordin’s work.

The harsh reality of the art world has now become one of his main topics and the artist has himself become the protagonist. Scenes scattered with black humour deconstruct the image of the professional art world as something elitist and glamorous.

Gordin has won several photography competitions and in 2017 he was awarded the Young Painters’ Prize in Vilnius.

More works by this artist

Acrylic on canvas, 60 × 80 cm, 2018
Video; Edition 2 + 1AP, 2018
Acrylic on canvas, 57 x 80 cm, 2019
Acrylic on canvas, 40 × 60 cm, 2020
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Acrylic on canvas, 70 × 50 cm, 2021
Acrylic on canvas, 78 × 59 cm, 2020
Acrylic on canvas, 75 × 95 cm, 2021
Acrylic on canvas, 90 × 80 cm, 2021
Acrylic on canvas, 100 × 45 cm, 2022
Acrylic on canvas, 72 × 57 cm, 2022
Acrylic on canvas, 115 × 90 cm, 2023
Acrylic on canvas, 56 × 40 cm, 2023
1250 €
Acrylic and spray on canvas, 115 × 90 cm, 2023
Acrylic on canvas, 45 × 56 cm, 2023
Acrylic and spray on canvas, 65 × 90 cm, 2023

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