Siberian Federal University

Issue

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2011 4 (12)

Authors

Semenova, Aleksandra A.; Soshenko, Marina V.

Contact information

Semenova, Aleksandra A. : Siberian Federal University , 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041 Russia; Soshenko, Marina V. : Siberian Federal University , 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041 Russia , e-mail:

Keywords

Krasnoyarsk krai painting; image of Siberia; image of Siberia in arts; modern art; Aleksandr Surikov; visual poetry; image of Krasnoyarsk in art

Abstract

This article is devoted to research in works of Siberian artist, Aleksandr Surikov (born in Irkutsk, lives and works in Krasnoyarsk). It contains reference to creative biography of the author: academic background and key exhibition projects. The article represents main artistic traditions, which the painter followed: Dadaism, futurism, primitive paintings, Art Brut, new British Art and some others. The artists creative works are considered in fusion with poetic, pictorial and graphic pieces of his. Research in the painters creative works resulted in distinguishing main creative techniques and principles forming the ground for the majority of his works. The image of Siberia is not expressly revealed in Aleksandr Surikovs works: you will not see landscapes (the genre traditionally favoured by Siberian authors) as well as other direct indicators to the local flavour of his pieces of art. The Siberian finds its way in Surikovs works through a modern meaning. Thus, the image of a modern Siberia is decoded in the article, while the works themselves are interpreted from the point how a modern Siberian artist reconsiders the word around him. In Aleksandr Surikova works, Siberia is not indicative mountains, texture forests or mighty characters, it is layouts of a Siberian city infrastructure, distinctive city markers, it is global processes holding in the modern world, where a distinct differentiation between a local and universal flavour is gradually dissolving, where a Siberian artists can start a dialogue with any modern world artist on the Internet- Museum. In the article, researching into the image of Siberia is focused on studying two main series in his creative works: the New city series devoted to testing the aesthetic potential of a Siberian city under construction in the beginning of the 21st century, and the Surikov 7 series, which is a modern interpretation of Vasiliy Ivanovich Surikovs masterpieces (classic of Siberian painting).

Pages

1743-1766

Paper at repository of SibFU

https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/2605

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