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.

2018–2020 → The Boy and the Ball of Thread


The work on this cycle coincided with Marusya’s birth and growing up; she is part of many works. This period also coincided with the beginning and end of the pandemic. My collaboration with the Moscow gallery OVCHARENKO began with this body of work. The title of the inaugural show, The Boy and the Ball of Thread, gave the cycle its name.



From the cycle The Boy and the Ball of Thread. 2020. Oil on canvas. 205 × 270 cm
Why are you playing alone? From the cycle The Boy and the Ball of Thread. 2020. Oil on canvas. 157 × 100 cm
Boy. 2020. From the cycle The Boy and the Ball of Thread. Plasticine. Circa 20 × 30 cm
Castle. From the cycle The Boy and the Ball of Thread. 2019. Oil on canvas. 206 × 367 cm
Igosha. From the cycle The Boy and the Ball of Thread. 2020. Oil on canvas. 150 × 100 cm
From the cycle The Boy and the Ball of Thread. 2019. Oil on canvas. 248 × 204 cm
Crustaceans. From the cycle The Boy and the Ball of Thread. 2019. Oil on canvas. 149 × 286 cm
From the cycle The Boy and the Ball of Thread. 2019. Oil on canvas. 193 × 207 cm
Ruler. 2019. From the cycle The Boy and the Ball of Tread. Oil on canvas. 145 × 223 cm
From the cycle The Boy and the Ball of Thread. 2018. Oil on canvas. 156 × 143 cm
Grandmother. 2019. From the cycle The Boy and the Ball of Thread. 2019. Oil on canvas. 300 × 397 cm
Palace. 2020. From the cycle The Boy and the Ball of Thread. 2020. Oil on canvas. 317 × 630 cm 
School Workshop. From the cycle The Boy and the Ball of Thread. 2019. Oil on canvas. 197 × 244 cm
Marble Cave. From the cycle The Boy and the Ball of Thread. 2020. Oil on canvas. 260 × 579 cm
Self-portrait. From the cycle The Boy and the Ball of Thread. 2019. Oil on canvas. 180 × 135 cm
Don Quixote. From the cycle The Boy and the Ball of Thread. 2019. Oil on canvas. 200 × 150 cm
From the cycle The Boy and the Ball of Thread. 2019. Watercolour, pencil on paper. 56 × 75 cm
From the cycle The Boy and the Ball of Thread. 2019. Watercolour, pencil on paper. 56 × 75 cm
From the cycle The Boy and the Ball of Thread. 2019. Watercolour, pencil on paper. 56 × 75 cm
Vaults. From the cycle The Boy and the Ball of Thread. 2018. Watercolour, pencil on paper. 56 × 75 cm
Backyard. From the cycle The Boy and the Ball of Thread. 2018. Watercolour, pencil on paper. 56 × 75 cm