Artwork of Grisha Bruskin Available Now at Michael H. Lord Gallery, Palm Springs, California

    PALM SPRINGS, CA, September 04, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Born in Moscow in 1945, Bruskin moved to New York City in 1988 where he currently lives and works. He started painting in Moscow and found inspiration for his art in Judaism and Hebrew. A prolific writer as well as visual artist, his artwork exists in permanent public collections worldwide, including The Art Institute of Chicago; Jewish Museum, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museo Galeria de Arte, Venezuela; Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Kunsthalle Emden, Germany; Museum Ludwig, Germany; State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Russia; State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg; Russia and State Tretyakoff Gallery, Moscow.

Bruskin's art is largely based on the use of symbols of one kind or another. He arranges figures which have symbolic meaning to form a visual vocabulary which relate ideas and which according to the artist contain underlying meanings and code through their juxtaposition: "To me each personage has a specific meaning. All of them make up a kind of text. Each personage is a letter in my own alphabet."

The acquisition includes a framed three-panel oil on linen painting created in 1988 entitled "War Games" with military officer, tank, plane and soldiers, as well as an untitled gouache on paper in characteristic Bruskin's style from 1988. Gallery Director Sam Heaton says, "both pieces are a fascinating historical study in light of the fall of communism in 1989."

The Michael H. Lord, first established in 1978, recently opened its new location in the Palm Springs Uptown Design District at 1090 North Palm Canyon Drive. Located in an architecturally-significant building built in 1929, the 6,000 square foot gallery is the largest in Palm Springs and shows museum-quality contemporary art, which is also available for viewing at the gallery's comprehensive website www.michaelhlordgallery.com. Inquiries about specific works are welcome.

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