Alexander Bublikov

The exhibition is based on photographs from the first volume of photographer Alexander Bublikov’s book Silence and brings together portraits of members of the Belarusian art community, including painters, graphic artists, and sculptors.

The project is built around a simple idea: artists are, first and foremost, ordinary people – people who could just as easily be your neighbours. The exhibition offers a rare opportunity to see these artists outside the familiar context of galleries, studios, and public appearances, capturing their individuality in a neutral setting stripped of professional associations.

The exhibition explores the subtle boundary between the artist as a person and the work they create. The space is divided into two conceptual realms: the “silence” of everyday appearance and the “ART Portrait” as an expression of creative energy.

The viewer is invited to look closely and consider a difficult question: how much can a person’s outward appearance reveal about their inner world, life experience, and creative potential?
The project brings the viewer and the artist closer together, turning the exhibition into a space for reflecting on the nature of inspiration – and on the possibility that it begins in the quiet of everyday life.

Viktoria Starovoytova, Tamara Stasevich, Anna Semiletova, Boris Semiletov, Kristina Tarasevich, Olga Melnik-Malakhova, Alyona Kotovskaya, Anastasia Galochkina, Darya Konchits, Anna Romanenko, Polina Ilimovich, Natalia Andrukevich, Maria Kryuchkova, Veronika Rokashevich, Kate Shi, Vsevolod Shvaiba, Polina Korzun-Fomchenko, Karina Leonova, Maria Bogdan, Timur Khomich, Elizaveta Yermolovich, Valeria Romanova, Alexandra Chudakova, Anastasia Korzhenevskaya, Denis Barsukov, Tatiana Gorbachovskaya, Tatiana Savik, Alexandra Kaidashova, Alina Gorelik, Andrei Karpenkov, Olga Yuzhik, Palina Khlan, Yana Yanishchits, Fyodor Shurmelev, Elizaveta Butris, Denis Komarov, Ulyana Akinfina, Yan Basalyga, Nadzeya Leanovich, Darina Dovgodilina, Andrei Pichushkin, Gennady Mironov, Olga Yakovleva, Yulia Dranets, Elizaveta Yankova, Polina Shibanova, Kristina Anishchenko, Maria Peshkun, Irina Kotova, Vadim Bogdan, Pavel Khodorovich, Anastasia Banko, Varina Viktoria, Natalia Gedranovich, Anton Vyrvo, Alexander Shappo, Tatiana Kamyshnikova, Vladimir Skomoroshchenko, Maria Belokhvostova, Anna Nichiparovich, Yulia Stefnyak.

Illustrations:
Alexander Bublikov
Olga Shkarubo
Gennady Mironov