Matvey Levenstein

In Matvey Levenstein's new intimately-scaled paintings his intuitive familiarity with his chosen subject matter presents fictionalized impressions of his environment, both interiors and landscapes. Working in layers on toned grounds, Levenstein's paintings achieve a cinematic sensibility, encouraging close looking to unearth their poetic investigations of place.

Kasmin is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by Matvey Levenstein. Composed of paintings depicting scenes drawn from the artist’s life in New York City and Orient, a hamlet on the tip of the North Fork of Long Island, the exhibition will go on view at the gallery’s 297 Tenth Avenue location on September 9, 2021. This is Levenstein’s second solo exhibition at Kasmin.

Kasmin is pleased to announce an exhibition of new works by Matvey Levenstein, on view at 293 Tenth Avenue between January 24 - March 2, 2019. Levenstein’s work depicts scenes from his life on the North Fork of Long Island and explores themes of history and representation. The paintings speak to the relevance of Romanticism in the 21st Century, and act as quiet meditations on the immigrant experience filtered through the most traditional painterly genres: the landscape, the still life and the portrait. Imbued with a distinctly literary sensitivity and sincerity, the exhibition brings together a selection of new works ranging in size and materials, including large sumi ink drawings, and smaller, delicate works realized on linen, copper, and wood. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition at the gallery.