Erarta Galleries Hong Kong is thrilled to present The Journey … from here to there by Vladimir Nasedkin and Andrey Chegin (or Chezhin). With totally different techniques, the artists bring us on this special journey to see the world through their eyes.

The two Russian artists were both inspired to create artworks that speak their hearts through travelling. The exhibition presents 6 original works by Nasedkin and 11 photography works by Chegin. An interactive art wall is located on the 2nd floor of the gallery as a part of the exhibition.

Vladimir Nasedkin (b.1954) is known for his installations and his works are geometric abstractions that are based on landscapes of airports and industrial zones in large cities. He chooses his subjects through satellite photography, then produces images of his owns after visits to the site, to document the exact reproductions of seemingly impassive photographs in his own style. Nasedkin uses local sand and soil to create his works in order to further connect and retain the impression of real cadastral plans or architectural drawings.

Andrey Chegin (born 1960) is considered as one of St. Petersburg’s leading photographers and a pioneer in conceptual photography. Chezhin's work can be found in numerous international photographic collections and major museums. His work aims to capture the unpredictable by using purely photographic processes in order to create a "new reality" within one negative. He has had 60 solo exhibitions and has participated in more than 150 group exhibitions in Russia and internationally.

Chegin insists on the adequacy of classic analogue photography. He, on principal, does not employ digital imaging nor use computer to process his images. He has complete mastery over the characteristics and nuances of the photographic art. He uses staged and manipulated photography, employing photograms, repeat exposes, sequential printing from several negatives on wet photo-paper, and the superimposition of negatives and positives. He also works with vintage film, scratching the negative, hand-printing the photographs, and toning the prints. Today the iconography of St. Petersburg is impossible to imagine without the photo-series of Andrey Chezhin just as the history of Russian photo art of the XX century is inconceivable without his unsurpassed conceptual projects.