FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARSLAN: IN THE MIDST OF A SINGLE BREATH

June 7 - July 4th, 2010

Arslan excels in creating painting and sculpture that express clarity of form engulfed in an elusive viscose view. The often solitary, androgynous subjects presented in his work are the intimate us, sheathed in our indiscernible layers. The work presents the private ritual, the silent moment we all experience, not recognizable but familiar.

Both the painting and sculpture capture the gesture of the figure, creating three-dimensional forms dripping with plaster, oil, water, wax or concrete. The resulting installation creates a dialogue between his sculpture and painting, adding an unsettling element. Partly figurative and partly abstract, his large compositions subtly convey the entirety of the figure submerged in a dense chiaroscuro.

The artist was born in a remote village near the Caspian Sea, studied at the Moscow College of Art, and moved in 1990 to New York City where he currently resides. Since his immigration, the artist has exhibited extensively in Europe and the United States. This will be his fifth solo exhibition with Dillon Gallery.

Arslan

Arslan excels in creating painting and sculpture that combine clarity of form with a mysterious elusive quality. The often solitary, androgynous subjects presented in his work are the intimate individual, sheathed in the invisible layers that makes each finally unknowable. The work presents the private ritual, the silent moment of the self, not immediately recognizable but somehow familiar.

Both the painting and sculpture capture the gesture of the figure, creating three-dimensional forms dripping with plaster, oil, water, wax or concrete. Partly figurative and partly abstract, his large compositions subtly convey the entirety of the figure even when submerged in a dense chiaroscuro.

Arslan was born in Dagestan, in a remote village near the Caspian Sea, studied at the Moscow College of Art, and moved in 1990 to New York City where he currently resides. Since his immigration, the artist has exhibited extensively in Europe and the United States. He has had five solo exhibitions with Dillon Gallery.

Selected Biography

• Born Avaria, Dagestan, Russia, 1958

Selected Solo Exhibitions

• 2010 Dillon Gallery, Arslan: In the Midst of a Single Breath, New York City
• 2006 Dillon Gallery, Arslan: Painting & Sculpture, New York City
• 2005 Galeria Eclectica Venice, Italy
• 2004 Galerie Claudine Legrand Paris.
  Dillon Gallery Oyster Bay
• 2002 Galerie Claudine Legrand Paris
• 2001 Dillon Gallery, Oyster Bay, New York
• 1999 Dillon Gallery, New York City
• 1998 Galerie Claudine Legrand Paris
• 1995 Z Gallery New York City
• 1994 Galerie Art 50 Paris