Oleksandr Zinovyev
Painting “Abstraction: Rooster” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A rooster built from bright triangles and arcs in orange, blue and green on a pale ground.

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Painting “The Hooligan” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A white wedge-shaped bird with a yellow-and-blue striped wing and a pink triangle on a pastel ground.

Forty years of oil,
ink and looking
sideways.

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Zinovyev

Works on paper

Graphics

Works on paper — blots and colour patches, where a composition gets found before it reaches canvas.

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Work on paper “Abstraction X” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A cream cigar shape with a pie-chart circle and a checkerboard over grey and red patches.

Abstraction X

Work on paper by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A turquoise and gold globe-like blot circled by thin lines on dark grey paper.Work on paper “Blot IV” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Yellow, pink and blue sail-like shapes crossing on pale yellow.

Blot IV

Work on paper “Colour Patch” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Pastel arcs, triangles and a white circle on yellow ochre.

Colour Patch

Work on paper “Colour Patch” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A blue splash and coloured geometric pieces over pink and sky-blue patches.

Colour Patch

Work on paper “Compositional Blot II” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: White crossed shapes and a pale red streak on light cream.

Compositional Blot II

Work on paper “Compositional Blot” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A yellow sphere with white splashes and thin lines on sky blue.

Compositional Blot

Work on paper “Compositional Blot III” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Dark blue strokes and white drips on pale blue and white.

Compositional Blot III

Work on paper “The Japanese Woman” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: White and grey triangles over flowing pastel ribbons; photographed at an angle.

The Japanese Woman

Forty years of salons

Cartoons

Forty years of entries to international cartoon salons — politics, faith, appetite and the small daily absurdities.

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Cartoon “The Cage of Freedom: An Eagle Is Always an Eagle” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: An eagle flies off carrying its own birdcage over apartment blocks.

The Cage of Freedom: An Eagle Is Always an Eagle

Cartoon “A Bright Head” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: An old bearded inventor with a dim light-bulb head beside a young man whose bulb is blazing.

A Bright Head

Cartoon “The Yellow Press” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A pen nib shaped like a coffee pot, labelled 'Yellow press', boiling over a flame.

The Yellow Press

Cartoon “Don Quixote” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Don Quixote on horseback charging a windmill whose sails are razor blades.

Don Quixote

Cartoon “Sancho and Dulcinea” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Sancho and Dulcinea kissing behind a stone cross inscribed for Kosorukin.

Sancho and Dulcinea

Cartoon “Do Not Press” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Two panels: a man presses a 'Do not push' button and his dog drops through a trapdoor.

Do Not Press

Cartoon “Animal Training” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A waiter passes a fish through a hoop between two aquariums.

Animal Training

Cartoon “A Scarecrow for Aliens” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A cosmonaut in a USSR suit set up as a scarecrow on the Moon.

A Scarecrow for Aliens

Cartoon “Caution: Tourist” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A red triangular road sign warning of a tourist with a camera.

Caution: Tourist

Cartoon “Cheese for Two” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A crow and a fox both biting into the same piece of cheese on a branch.

Cheese for Two

Cartoon “Backroom Deals” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A bearded man and two soldiers: 'We agreed to keep negotiating… until we agree to surrender territory'.

Backroom Deals

Cartoon “Truth with Noodles” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A man in glasses reading the newspaper 'Truth' while noodles hang from his ears.

Truth with Noodles

Cartoon “Bolts and Nuts” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A crowned bolt on a throne above a crowd of nuts and spanners.

Bolts and Nuts

Cartoon “The Fight Against Corruption” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A parrot paints inside a yellow-and-blue ring reading 'Fight against corruption'.

The Fight Against Corruption

Cartoon “Before and After” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: An elderly couple in bed under a portrait of themselves young.

Before and After

Cartoon “The High-Ranking Official” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A sad official with Ukrainian and Russian flags for eyes sits over papers, a pen 'gift from the US President'.

The High-Ranking Official

Recent work

Geometry, satire and the steppe — three rooms of the same house.

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Painting “Interweaving” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Grey and yellow angular shapes over a web of dripped blue and black lines.

Interweaving

Oleksandr Zinovyev

Painting “The Ladder” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: Pastel abstract of curved green, yellow and white shapes with small ladder-like stripes on pink and mint.

The Ladder

Oleksandr Zinovyev

Painting “Black Ellipse” by Oleksandr Zinovyev: A black ellipse with pink and yellow shapes and a striped bar on a grey-green textured ground.

Black Ellipse

Oleksandr Zinovyev