11.12 Gallery (Singapore­ - Russia) takes part in Art Stage Singapore 2013 and displays on its stand 5 Russian painters. This selection made by art dealers Alexander Sharov and Elvira Sharov aims at demonstrating great opportunities and genre peculiarities of contemporary Russian art at the modern Asian art exhibition, which is the biggest exhibit in quality and in size.

Featured artists:

Alexey Alpatov­ was born in Moscow in 1968. He learnt painting on his own. Since 1990 he has taken part in more than 20 art shows in Russia and abroad: in Moscow, New York, Lisbon, Zurich. He had his one-man shows in Moscow and Budapest. His works can be found in private collections in Russia and abroad. He lives and works in Moscow. The inspiration for this contemporary marine painter is not only the waters, bustling city scenes also find place in his monochromatic canvases.

Alexey Morosov was born in 1974. He graduated from Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov where he learnt sculpture and painting in the art studio of Leo E. Kerbel. He learnt the peculiarities of French terracotta in Provence, France. Now he lives and works in Moscow and Bologna. He shares passion for neo-romanticism and is certain that classical forms are perfect means for creating progressive images. The perfection of his painting style is proof of that.

Max Bashev was born in Moscow in 1961. He left Moscow art school #1. In 1986 he started taking part in art shows in Russia, the Ukraine, Germany and the USA. His works can be found in private collections in Russia, the USA and Germany. He lives and works in Moscow. The artist executes his works in a unique expressive manner.

Rinat Voligamsi was born in 1968. He graduated from Ufa State Petroleum Technological University and is an architect by profession. He has been a member of the Russian Union of Artists since 2000. He took part in more than a dozen of group exhibitions and also in the 4th Moscow Contemporary Art Biennale. Post modernism is the art trend he works in and it let the artist to treat images of the XX century with a new and fresh eye.

Vladimir Kolesnikov was born in 1969. He left Krasnodar art school in 1988 and then Kuban state university in 1995. He lives and works in Krasnodar. He takes part in big art shows in Moscow, Krasnodar and Saint Petersburg. He is a talented painter whose art works are characterized by academic precision and fresh look at his subjects.

Image: © Alexey Alpatov, 11.12 Gallery­