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SUMMER COLLECTION 2009
Now on until Saturday August 29, 2009

The Colomb Art Gallery
52a George Street, Marylebone
London. W1U 7EA

Baker Street or Bond Street Undergrounds
Free Entry

020 7487 5118
www.colombart.co.uk

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A comprehensive exhibition of British and International, traditional and contemporary art works from The Colomb Art Gallery’s recognised artists.

EXHIBITED ARTISTS
John Luce Lockett, Peter Wardle, Therese McAllister, Georgia Peskett, Stanley Kerr, Caroline Yates, Gary Walton, Wendy Hunt, Marie Louise Wrightson, Pip McGarry.

Known for her idiosyncratic depictions of everyday life, Russian artist, Elena Kourenkova also features at the gallery’s summer 2009 Collection.

Elena Kourenkova
“Growing up under the authoritarian Soviet regime, when ordinary Russians had to wear that drab look of obedience and self suppression, I had always wanted to escape from that total uniformity and find the way to express my vision of life in a different way, reflecting happier, funnier side of everyday events.”
Born in Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad), Russia, in 1966, Elena graduated from an Architectural Institute in 1989 and then moved to Moscow. She worked as an architect until the beginning of Perestroika and then worked as an interior designer. In 1996 Elena moved to Glasgow, UK.
She has been drawing people and capturing their interactions for as long as she can remember. It is that special Russian chaos, the eccentricities and peculiarities of life that inspire her to paint.
Elena’s subjects are usually taken from everyday events, and people often recognise themselves or someone they know in her characters. She is happy if her paintings can raise a smile, even though some of her works imply the absurd and are without particular cheer.