Vera Klimentyeva, Doctrine of no matter

Doctrine of No Matter
30 October – 13 December 2025
Vernissage Thursday 30 October, 12:00–20:00

Eiklid / Rusten is proud to present Doctrine of No Matter, the first solo exhibition in Norway by Vienna-based painter Vera Klimentyeva (b. 1988, Moscow).

Klimentyeva’s paintings are grounded in art history yet distinctly contemporary in expression. Working with egg tempera and gold leaf on limewood panels, she reinterprets the visual languages of Byzantine icons, medieval manuscripts, and early Renaissance painting. Through a process of reduction and control, she strips away narrative and figuration, leaving behind precisely balanced compositions of circles, lines, and fields of color that oscillate between silence and intensity.

The exhibition consists of two interconnected series. The first, Untitled Manuscripts, draws inspiration from medieval illuminations such as the Bamberg Apocalypse, transforming their intricate compositions into distilled studies of rhythm and form. The second, Untitled Rerenaissance Series, revisits early Italian painting through the lens of the celebrated exhibition Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350. In these works, Klimentyeva reconstructs the visual order of the Renaissance while questioning its ideals of perspective, divinity, and human centrality.

Across both series, Klimentyeva’s work opens a dialogue between sacred history and modern abstraction. Her paintings invite slow looking and contemplation, offering a space where the material becomes metaphysical and the act of seeing turns into reflection.

Doctrine of No Matter opens with a vernissage on Thursday 30 October, 12:00–20:00, at Eiklid / Rusten, Henrik Ibsens gate 60, Oslo.

Read more about the show here