Sergey Lukyanov

Sergey Lukyanov - an artist whose creative development began in Moscow in the late 1980s . Moscow " cultural field " of that time , namely the Moscow underground (in particular a group of " 20 Moscow Artists" ) undoubtedly gave some impetus to his work . Images related to the topic of carnival, which abound canvases Lukyanov - an echo of that " karnavalizma ", which for the previous generation of artists was a means of realization of their world view , fundamentally different from the officially adopted and translated by socialist realism . For the author , the creator in an era of full freedom of expression, " carnivalization " was a way to restore the aesthetic integrity of attitude , ability to establish communication material and the ideal body .
A complex multi-layer fabric polifakturnoy painting of the artist is the plastic equivalent of a multi-level of human consciousness , seeking to understand the deeper meanings of life. Lyrical seemingly picture - parable Sergei Lukyanov fraught with hidden drama. They represent the philosophical reflections of the author of the travels with a heavy burden - a metaphor of our thoughts , desires , passions ( "He who has his every world." 2005 " Wandering ." 2003), about the eternal quest for happiness that turn into our own Captivity ( "Blue Bird . " 2005), a deep-rooted desire for freedom , understood as a return , the release from prison ( " The Return " . 2008 ) .
Well-designed pictorial plastic forms that create images of the human , birds, fish , etc. , according to the professional skill of the artist and his connection with the art of visual language of the classical tradition , in particular , the Italian Renaissance and the small Dutch . The characters are placed in a conditional timeless space that creates a sense of a home theater , the director of which is not only an artist but a spectator. The author develops in detail the entire surface of the canvas, for it is not distracting details. The artist seeks to understand and streamline , expand " on the shelves ", even that is an embodiment of the elements, such as the seasons or carnival ( "Architecture of winter." 2003 "Architecture Carnival ", 2008 , etc.).
Surreal works of artist -designed self- generate symbolic reality. But the characters are read from Lukyanov not uniquely, but are disclosed in the vast field of associations - semantic , plastic and aesthetic . Through a character artist connects the earthly world and other worlds in order to understand "Secret Heart of Life."

Tatiana Nesvetailo ,
art historian, a member of the Artists' Union of Russia,
Member of the International Association of Art Critics