The first exhibition in France of Petr Axenoff’ work will be held from March 8th until April 6th, 2007 at Galerie Orel Art. In order to leave a trace of this exhibition, the gallery requested from Communic’Art to create a catalogue that would include the three bodies of work on view: I remember your beauty, Snow White’s Tragedy and The Flowers of Evil.

A painter, stylist and designer, Petr Axenoff was born in Moscow in 1976. He composes « seductive visions » inspired by a fantastic and dark world. The series I remember your beauty, at the center of the catalogue, pays tribute to seven icons of feminity and mystery, seven women of the XXth century who have fascinated the artist including Sarah Bernhardt, Noël Leslie or Greta Garbo.

Seven photo-realistic diptychs represent these beauties at their height and through a mirror game with the effects of time.

By creating this disturbing confrontation, the artist raises a series of questions on the unavoidability of changes and decay against the ideal of eternal beauty. « There is no precise limit between the end of youth and the beginning of old age », says the artist.

Three texts come with the works : a text by Alexandre Yakimovitch, doctor in Art History and member of the Academy of Arts in Russia, another text by Stéphan Lévy-Kuentz, art critic specialised in russian contemporary art and a text by the artist himself.

This catalogue is distributed by our partner PARIS MUSÉES in 300 bookstores in France, including 50 specialized with an Art section.

The catalogue will be listed in over forty (40) professional databases and online bookstores, including Fnac, Amazon and Dilicom.

The catalogue will also be distributed in Europe, North America, Canada and Eastern Europe.