Lucien Dulfan "Kiss"
Broadway Gallery
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Born in 1942, lived in Odessa, Ukraine. Graduated from Odessa State Art Academy in 1963. Member of the Union of Soviet Artists since 1973. Participated in 141 exhibitions, including 111 international shows and 40 solo exhibitions worldwide. Since 1990 lives and works in Manhattan, New York, USA.
”I was happy, youthfully joyful, and successful. I was awarded First Prize on the All- Union exhibition of art in Moscow. I had more that 50 international exhibitions including biennale in Paris and Rostock (Germany). I was serene as Buddha under his tree. Unexpectedly I got the news about my very close friend’s death. He decided to abandon life. He was very educated man; spoke all European languages, connoisseur of art, literature and philosophy. What pushed him to commit that? Probably loneness, disappointment, approaching of family emigration played the key role in that. His parents were professional revolutionary, and were prisoners of tsar’s jails and Stalin’s GULAG. I was so shocked by this, that I experienced metamorphosis: from Romantism to the austere Expressionisms. I used Caravaggio painting “Arrest of Jesus Christ” or “Kiss of Judah”. I began obsessively interpret these painting since his death till now”. - Lucien Dulfan
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from February 16, 2010 to February 28, 2010
Opening Reception on 2010-02-20 from 16:00 to 18:00