Tabenkin’s figurines are a whole language that the artist invents for his world of still lifes. Moreover, this
language exists as a harmonious system. Read more
language exists as a harmonious system. Read more
We present the only most complete catalog of the artist’s paintings from museum collections and private collections. The catalog continues to grow. Look
Let us ask ourselves the question: what takes the place in Ilya Tabenkin’s pictures? Against drapery resembling a theatrical backdrop we observe the existence of human figures — they are simplified in childlike fashion, at once sad and amusing — and of birds, and of animals.
Conversation with art critic, writer, researcher of Tabenkin’s work — Vera Tchaikovskaya, with whom the artist often communicated in the 1980s.
