Leonid Tskhe

    Embraces
    Las Meninas
    The Risk-taker
    Ivory Black
    Rehearsals
    The Boy and the Ball of Thread
    NeoPetersburg  
    Sever-7
    Palaces
    Performative Drawing


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© Leonid Tskhe 2025   
curated by Andy Shab
design consulting: Maria Baturina
All images courtesy of the artist and OVCHARENKO gallery.

2010–2017 → Performative Drawing


The idea of “performative drawing” derived from my teaching experience and participation in performances and exhibitions of the art group Sever-7 in St Petersburg. To put it simply, it is a synthesis of drawing and performative practices. Whereas a traditional academic drawing course teaches you in a group how to draw a figure, performative drawing is an act of transforming this classical scheme into an artistic practice. Students draw a model and perform as a model; they can use various means and come up with their own ideas (including poses, drapery), creatively penetrating the very essence of the process of drawing-posing.



Performative drawing. The Mikhailovsky Garden. 2017. Photography
Performative drawing. The Mikhailovsky Garden. 2017. Oil pastel, pencil on paper. 60 × 84 cm
Performative drawing. Name Gallery. Models: Evgeny Kuzmichev, Anna Yakubova. 2019 Photography
Through the Glass. 2017. Oil on canvas. 160 × 100 cm
Performative drawing. The Gaza Cultural Center. 2017. Pencil, oil pastel on paper. 86 × 61 cm
Lera and Oleg. 2017. Oil on canvas. 100 × 143 cm
Performative drawing. The Academy of Arts. 2016. Oil pastel, pencil on paper. 100 × 70 cm
Performative drawing. The Academy of Arts. 2018. Oil pastel, pencil on paper. 70 × 100 cm
Performative drawing. The courtyard of the Academy of Arts. Model: Oleg. 2017. Photography
Performative drawing. The Academy of Arts. 2017. Paper, etching. 50 × 35 cm 
Performative drawing. The Academy of Arts. 2017. Oil on canvas, charcoal. 60 × 50 cm
Performative drawing. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Models: Evgeny Kuzmichev, Lera Kusnetsova. 2018. Photography
Performative drawing. The Gaza Cultural Center. 2017. Oil pastel, pencil on paper. 61 × 86 cm
Performative drawing. The Gaza Cultural Center. 2017. Photography
Performative drawing. The Academy of Arts. 2016. Photography
Performative drawing. The Academy of Arts. 2016. Oil pastel, pencil on paper. 100 × 70 cm
Little Train. 2018. Oil, charcoal on canvas. 100 × 148 cm
Performative drawing. The Academy of Arts. Models: Oleg, Leonid. 2018. Photography
Performative drawing. The Academy of Arts. From left to right: Alina Kugush, Marina Stakhieva, Nestor Engelke, Alexander Tsikarishvili.  2016. Photography
Performative drawing. The Academy of Arts. Model: Oleg. 2017. Photography