Elena Figurina: a collection of painting and sculpture 1991-2001
ARTinvestment.RU   12 апреля 2013

In St. Petersburg Gallery DiDi is an exhibition of works representative of the Leningrad nonconformism Elena Figurina

Collector's Art Gallery DiDi, March 21 - April 30, 2013
St. Petersburg, Bolshoi Prospect VO , 62

in St. Petersburg Art Gallery Collector DiDi now an exhibition « Elena Figurina : a collection of painting and sculpture 1991-2001».

Art Elena Figurina retains a deep connection with the painting despite the prevailing current trends, to break with the traditional means of visual language, and due to this connection in the history of the Leningrad nonconformism XX century art Elena Figurina - page original. Freedom is the main concept of the avant-garde, is expressed here in the way of the picturesque expression, ie that dominates as . This means that the artist does not take a formal search. Form is born based on the fact that you want to express the master. Because it is not due to any aesthetic yardstick art or the viewer, but the identity of the author only ideas.

«I did not create people - for himself - says the artist. - This is my way of understanding what I was doing at all. At least figure out which is which ... »

The exhibition at the Gallery of DiDi a collection of paintings and sculptures 1991-2001. The exhibited works are a single private collection, which largely determined the nature of the exhibition. 1990 can hardly be called a milestone in the work of Helen. Rather, this is a transitional period, and in the works in the exhibition, to see this transition is particularly interesting.

Among the works relating to the early period of the artist, we can note two works: "Collection of fruits" (1988) and "People" (1991). As once said Michael Herman, motives vary paintings Elena several states, some dating back to the archetypes. And the people on these canvases are generally in one case contemplative characters whose shapes, like a candle flame, extended upwards and given bright color splashes in the other - a classic theme for the art collection of fruit reveals the idea of ​​spiritual saturation person.

peak period expressionist artist include a picture of "People" (1997). Typical for these years vortex composition twists on characters spiraling movement that breaks the plane and gives depth to the composition.

During this period, the bright color patches together a well thought out composition. So, in the film "Dance in Red" centrifugal movement begins with a cold blue sky, which goes into the green, and then heat-yellow ground, and finally concentrated in saturated red dress dancing girls.

ELENA figurines The girl in the red. 1998 canvas. 110 x 90 Source: Press Release Gallery DiDi

ELENA figurines Dance in red. 1997 canvas. 126 x 102 Source: Press Release Gallery DiDi

later stage related to the 2000s, is the output of an alarm and the troubled state of art of the 1990s. Outward movement is transformed into the internal dynamics shown by a soft and light-emitting surface of the painting. Metuschiesya and always somewhere running characters are replaced by the image of man, immersed in the state of contemplation.

ELENA Figurin Portrait. 2001 canvas. 100 x 90 Source: Press Release Gallery DiDi

ELENA figurines Portrait. 2005 canvas. 110 x 90 Source: Press Release Gallery DiDi

Source : Press Release Gallery DiDi