{"id":"11","title":"Kirill Polevoy: Allure","starts_at":"2025-04-25 10:47:46.96","ends_at":"2025-05-31 10:47:46.961","body":"<p>Founded in 2017, Gallery VICTOR presents distinguished contemporary art across a range of media by both established and emerging artists. Building upon more than two decades of experience cultivating relationships among artists, collectors, and cultural institutions, the gallery is recognized for its commitment to thought-provoking figurative art, museum-quality works of Realism, and finely executed Studio Furniture.</p><p><br></p><p>Gallery VICTOR showcases its exhibitions in a comfortable and approachable environment designed to invite thoughtful engagement with the artwork. This atmosphere reflects the gallery’s belief that exceptional art should be both inspiring and accessible, encouraging dialogue and connection among viewers.</p><p><br></p><p>In addition to its curatorial program, Gallery VICTOR is dedicated to advancing public engagement with the visual arts. Through educational initiatives and social events, the gallery fosters meaningful dialogue between artists and audiences, promoting a deeper appreciation for the creative process and the enduring value of fine art.</p><p><br></p><p>Image: Nathan Brad Hall, <em>The Space Between</em>, oil on canvas, 65 x 60 inches</p>","type":"EventCategory","state":"published","slug":"exhibitions","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:54:41.176231","updated_at":"2018-10-22 18:54:41.176231","excerpt":"","is_timeless":true,"organization_id":895,"highlighted":true,"opening_starts_at":"2025-04-25 17:00:00","opening_ends_at":"2025-04-25 21:00:00","searchable":"'17':100B '2003':23B '2010':25B '21':98B 'absorb':80B 'allur':3A,87B 'archiv':95B 'beauti':68B 'beyond':62B 'black':36B 'camera':20B 'catalog':88B 'chicago':43B,94B 'concentr':46B 'current':40B 'digit':30B 'film':19B 'first':11B 'format':31B 'frame':102B 'ghost':93B 'imag':90B 'inch':101B 'invit':58B 'kiril':1A,9B,39B,83B,91B 'known':66B 'landscap':53B 'look':61B 'love':82B 'make':13B 'miser':74B 'occasion':52B 'old':17B 'photograph':8B,14B 'photographi':49B 'pigment':96B 'polevoy':2A,10B,84B,92B 'prefac':89B 'primarili':33B 'print':97B 'provoc':72B 'resid':41B 'russian':18B 'sad':75B 'self':6B,79B 'self-absorb':78B 'self-taught':5B 'show':56B 'start':12B 'street':48B 'switch':27B 'taught':7B 've':65B 'white':38B 'work':34B 'x':99B 'youth':77B 'zorki':21B","thumbnail":"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1763162488/dvx8vd56jadi8c1okas9.jpg","calendar":null,"carousel":false,"event_body":"<p>A self-taught photographer, Kirill Polevoy, first started making photographs with an old Russian film camera \"Zorki\" in 2003. In 2010, he switched to the digital format and primarily works in black and white. Kirill currently resides in Chicago, where he</p><p class=\"ql-align-justify\">concentrates on street photography with an occasional landscape.</p><p class=\"ql-align-justify\">\"In this show, I invite you to look beyond what you’ve known as beautiful. It can be provocative and miserable, sad and youthful, self-absorbing and loving.\" –Kirill Polevoy, from the 'Allure' catalog preface</p><p class=\"ql-align-justify\">Image: Kirill Polevoy,&nbsp;<em>Ghost, Chicago,</em>&nbsp;archival pigment print,&nbsp;21&nbsp;x 17&nbsp;inches framed</p>","name":"Exhibitions","organization_type_id":"1","district_id":"1","telephone":"+13127226447","website":"http://www.galleryvictor.com","email":"mail@galleryvictor.com","hours":"Tu–Sa 11–5 or anytime by appt.","location":"300 W Superior St. Chicago, IL 60654","display_location":"300 W. Superior, Chicago, IL 60654","latitude":"41.895785","longitude":"-87.635990","contact":"Victor Armendariz","sub_district_id":null,"promoted_at":"2018-10-24T18:42:14.191Z","optional_sort_name":"","paid":true,"position":2,"category_name":"Exhibitions","orgname":"Gallery VICTOR ","orgslug":"gallery-victor","image":"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1744824089/es3dekecz9jt4lrurea0.jpg"}