SXU Art Gallery presents Andrei Rabodzeenko's "Technotropic Romance" Sept. 30 - Oct. 27

Saint Xavier University’s (SXU) Art Gallery presents “Technotropic Romance” exhibit by Andrei Rabodzeenko from Wednesday, Sept. 30 to Tuesday, Oct. 27 in the SXU Gallery on the Chicago Campus, 3700 West 103rd Street.

Rabodzeenko was born in Russia in 1961 and moved to Chicago in 1991. He studied painting and drawing at Tashkent School of Art in Uzbekistan from 1976 – 1980. Rabodzeenko went on to study interior design and architecture at Mukhina School of Design in Leningrad, Russia from 1980 – 1985. Since coming to Chicago, he has participated in numerous group and solo art shows in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Europe. Rabodzeenko has a wide range of skills working with various media: painting (oil, tempera and watercolor), drawing, sculpture, illustration, and etching.

The following is a statement from the artist which reflects their artwork for this upcoming exhibit:

Artist Statement:

“As a human race we tend to romanticize whatever we are going through – especially dark pages in our history – plagues, wars, event apocalypse. This has become one of the major themes in today’s movies and books. As we advance into our current, technological phase, we realize that this could lead us into catastrophe, Armageddon. Technological progress tends to isolate itself from other support systems like morality, religion – making itself a predominant and self-destructive force. In this era, humanity is no longer in control of its fate. People are ants, building a monstrous tower of Babel, doomed to collapse. But we are still human – in the midst of cataclysm we still love and dream. Humans are hopeless romantics.”

SXU’s Art Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday; noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. For more information, please visit SXU’s website.