Dominique Lévy is pleased to announce the second exhibition at her gallery’s new home at 909 Madison Avenue. Opening to the public on November 23, 2013, Boris Mikhailov: Four Decades will explore the full career of one of the leading photographers from the former Soviet Union. For over 30 years, Ukranian-born Mikhailov has investigated the fate of the individual within the framework of history, making life-size color photographs that reveal the ever-widening gulf between public ideology and private existence in post-communist Eastern Europe. Deeply rooted in the tradition of social study and commentary, Mikhailov’s work locates its power in deep engagement with its subjects. His works are portraits that draw the viewer into a world of humor, lust, vulnerability, survival, aging, and death — a realm that is foreign and specific, but somehow disturbingly close.

Boris Mikhailov: Four Decades will remain on view through February 8th. The exhibition was organized in collaboration with the artist.

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