Window 1
Various fairy tales series
Russia
2014-2019
Oil on canvas
195x195 cm
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The series "Nizhny Novgorod Carving" was an idea that matured in the artist over many years. In his youth, when he first started practicing art, he had a book with the same title that made a profound impression on him every time he looked through it. Its black-and-white photography, taken in nature during expeditions to remote villages,
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featured successful angles and fragments, enhanced by the contrast and somewhat mysterious quality of Soviet printing. For those who know how to see, it was more than enough to fall in love with forever.
About ten years later, as he began to engage in contemporary art and undertake various projects in search of a significant anchor or starting point, he found the world of contemporary art aggressive and uncomfortably alien. Therefore, he brought with him some baggage from his past life into this new world: family photos, favorite postcards, and a few books that were unrelated to the "real art" he was engaged in before. Among these items, the book "Nizhny Novgorod Carving" moved from his parents' bookshelf to a squat in Trekhprudny and, he hopes, never regretted this transition.
The artist sometimes reproaches himself for his timidity, not in a self-condemning way but with a sense of sorrow. He regrets not having the willpower to insist and do important things at the right time. Back in 1991, he redrew many Soviet postcards and children's books, a common practice at the time, reflecting the influence of the fathers of soc-art and the Moscow Romanticism. This was a kind of code that identified him as part of a group. At that time, he wanted to create works featuring carving, a large painting, a sort of strange pop-art with folk crafts or wood carving as the subject and symbol. He considers this idea radical even today but never managed to gather the courage to pursue it.
Twenty years later, he finally started this series, albeit without much enthusiasm, as if to repay a debt. It was a difficult time for him, with the tectonic plates of life shifting rapidly. He delved into an old, tattered box, blew the dust off the familiar cover, and dipped his brushes in acrylic. That's all he has to say on the given topic. The book "Nizhny Novgorod Carving" is still with him. He has gone through three marriages, but the book remains with him, steadfastly at his side.