- Sergei Sviatchenko
Sergei Sviatchenko (born 1952 in
Kharkov ) is aUkrainian artist who lives inDenmark . Sviatchenko graduated from The Academy of Arts and Architecture inKharkov in 1975, and in 1986 he obtained a Ph. D. degree from the School of Architecture inKiev .tyle
The Style of Sviatchenko’s art is easily recognized. It is a kind of abstract expressionism in which he paints over the motif several times in order to reach a motive that evokes certain feelings in the viewers’ minds. In many of his landscape paintings, the depth of the picture is more important than the motif itself.
Media
Sviatchenko constantly experiments with media and installations. His favourite medium is acrylic painting on canvas, but he has also made installations, video art, photo art and collages. Often he has made manipulations on photos. The
collage was the reason that he originally became known in the Ukraine. Abstract art was not well seen in theSoviet Union where art was supposed to support the regime. From the middle of the 1970’s, Sviatchenko preferably worked with collages, and from the middle of the 1980’s he worked most with paintings (Paintings & others: 159).Inspiration
The inspiration to Sviatchenko’s art, he got from surrealism and architecture among other things. Great masters such as
Michelangelo andLe Corbusier who have succeeded to unite architecture and fine arts have inspired him. Sergei’s father,Evgenij Sviatchenko , who wasprofessor of architecture and an artist himself, was nevertheless his most important source of inspiration. Evenij showed Sergei the Russian art from before the Russian Revolution in 1917 in which the white colour in particular was crucial for light and space in the painting (Paintings and others: 160).External links
* [http://www.sviatchenko.dk sviatchenko.dk]
* [http://www.senko.dk senko.dk]
* [http://www.gallerinb.com gallerinb.com]
* [http://walrusmagazine.com/articles/2008.07-online-exclusive-collage-art-sergei-sviatchenko Sviatchenko collage art showcase from "The Walrus"]Literature
*Sviatchenko, Sergei. Sergei Sviatchenko, Borgens Forlag, 2002
*Sviatchenko, Sergei. Sergei Sviatchenko: Paintings & Others 1991-2006, Hovedland, 2006
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