The
retrospective exhibition of the Honoured Artist of the Russian
Federation Alexander Zagoskin comprises around 50 paintings and
graphical works. The exhibition can be seen as a unique stop-motion
of the artist's personal development in the art world for the last
several decades - from the period of the author's close interest
to the theme of druids (late 1980s) to non-figurative canvases of
2010s.
As
a film artist who had taken part in producing more than 20 films, and
some science and cartoon films (including his own cartoons), in 1980s
A.Zagoskin started to exhibit his paintings and graphical works in
Russia, and later, abroad. Despite his collaboration with the
Leningrad Art Society whose members followed the principles of
non-conformism of 1950-1980s, and relations with such representatives
of the Society as A.Zadorin, V.Lukka, V.Mikhailov, N.Sazgin, etc.,
Zagoskin unlikely was influenced by their oeuvre.
Exceptional
role in revealing of the artistic intention is given to the complex
symbolism of color and its decorative features, where the exquisite
glazing technique creates an effect of gleaming from the inside.
Another key element of Zagoskin's artistic manner is the motif of
movement, cultivated even in the titles of his work (Movement
in Yellow,
2014). This artistic conception is juxtaposed to the motif of stop,
which is developed in the image of a mirror, window or in an
emotional experiencing of the "inner landscape" (14 graphic
works from the Letters
to Myself series).
The
exhibition is supported by Viacheslav Zarenkov Project "Creative
World".