Theory of Strings: Works by Egor Ostrov
Tsereteli Art Gallery presents an exhibition of works by Egor Ostrov: Theory of Strings. Egor Ostrov is a representative of neoacademism, new technologies of classic images production that arose in St. Petersburg in the late 1980s. Ostrov has invented his own unparalleled device, a distinctive technique of a raster, so-called “proprietary stripes”.
The artist investigates how a classic image at the turn of the 21st century exists within strict settings of anthropogenic environment. Museum masterpieces are a basis for his experiments. The artist is interested in the out of museum role of a classic image in modern culture. In his well known projects and series created in various years Egor Ostrov has perfected his technique by paradoxical correlation of figures and lines over them.
Egor Ostrov reproduces “details” of museum canvases by Leonardo de Vinci, El Greco, Dominique Ingres, George de La Tour, Caravaggio and other old masters. In the light of many-colored outlines one can recognize a vague allusion to the composition of a great master appealing to our memory. And as if a miracle, the chaos of lines is disappearing and the original, classical art language is seen through the multitude of layers. The electronic clear net turns museum pictures into a delicate optical game. The artist acts as an interpreter of images from the symbolic language of art into the modern anthropogenic language of signs.
Solo exhibitions of Egor Ostrov have been held in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Berlin, Paris, London, Amsterdam and many other cities of Europe and the United States. His work is represented in public and private collections in Russia and abroad.
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