Winterreise. Sentimental Suite

December is the last month of the year. Winter sets in, and everything comes to an end. Flowers have withered, birds are gone, leaves have fallen. Snow has descended, and everything has become alike, with variations of black and white, white and black… Arkady Hippolitov "Winterreise" is the "Winter Journey" to St. Petersburg accompanied by Schubert’s music and falling snow. In his work the St. Petersburg photographer, Dmitry Sirotkin, addresses the eternal subject of human existence. The photos presented at the exhibition reflect the artist’s view of the world stiffened with cold, where man is doomed to solitude and emptiness. The inhabitants of the foggy and snowy city wandering aimlessly through the elusive mirage of embankments and squares, hurrying somewhere, are immersed in contemplation. They are lost in space and time becoming prisoners of the St. Petersburg phantasmagoria. Who knows, maybe this ephemeral world of wonderful and artificial poetry existing only in the reflection of the camera will set them free? "Winterreise. Sentimental Suite" November 22, 2019 – February 23, 2020 State Hermitage Museum, General staff Saint-Petersburg February 13 – March 13, 2020 Gallery Of The Hermitage.Berlin Berlin