Anastasia Larionova (b. 1988) Russia
Graduated from the Moscow Academic Art Lyceum of the Russian Academy of Arts [Architecture department]. Continued studies at VGIK [Art director of cinema, theater and television]. The reviewer of the defense of the diploma was the director, screenwriter, world known Honored art person - A.N. Sokurov. Upon graduation Alma Mater, joined the Moscow Union of Artists.
The choice of specializations was aimed at expanding the author’s expressive arsenal, primarily the mental one. After long training, mastering possible techniques and stylistic directions, in 2015 took carte blanche to create own creative ideology and pictorial language.
Anastasia currently lives and works in Moscow, continuing to develop her chosen path.
"‘As an Author I labor to remove reflection from the foundations of creativity. To clear Art from plaque of the subject’s experience and leave only unalloyed beginnings. Essences. Components in the pure state, emotions in the pure state, plasticity in the pure state. Non-objectiveness personifies the pictorial extreme, therefore figurative elements are here to create a harmonious counterbalance. Authors can be classified into two categories. Who sets tasks for themselves, and who sets super or overarching tasks. My overarching task is to develop a universal expressive language. Economical, intelligible and at the same time unlimited. We have different experiences and subjective tastes. The possibilities of such a language bring a common under these differences. Allowing me to preserve my identity, against the background of his boundless artistic variability.”
One canvas takes from several months to years. Wood, linen, gesso and natural pigment [tempera] are used in painting icons according to the rules of the classical canon. Great Renaissance masters created frescoes and canvases, using tempera. This is a technique that requires the knowledge, skill and discipline, and is worthy of writing biblical stories from time immemorial.
The numerous transparent layers combine the icon-painting school and the author's technique. Some works in the series are not coated with protective varnish. According to the principle – the more complex and longer the implementation, the more vulnerable the surface. This philosophy makes a reference to the sacred traditions of the East and the rituals of creating mandalas. The incredibly labor “Model of the Universe” is destroying upon reaching completion, recalling that everything incarnate has its own natural cycle.
Visual language, its symbolism, makes collide the diametrical meanings of the material and abstract.
Despite the value of execution, for the author it remains secondary. The technic is important as an opportunity to transmit a thought, a metaphor, but is not an end in itself. After all, any language can convey the essence.
The creation of an ideology based on the author’s vision is considered important.
KEY DATES
2001 - entered to the Moscow Academic Art Lyceum of the Russian Academy of Arts. Architecture department
2006 - graduated with honors
2006 - entered to the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography [All Russian State University of Cinematography named after S.A. Gerasimov]. Faculty of Arts
2012 - graduated with Red diploma of University
2014 - member of the Moscow Union of Artists
Participant of numerous group exhibitions, more than 3O. Including Poland, Sweden, Portugal, Germany
2021 - personal exhibition at MMOMA [Moscow Museum Of Modern Art]
The works are in private collections in Russia and abroad.
Public collections:
Petr Konchalovsky Foundation, Vladimir Spivakov International Foundation, UNESCO
Ларионова Анастасия Георгиевна, 1988 г.р.
Окончила Московский академический художественный лицей Российской Академии Художеств [Архитектурное отделение]. Продолжила обучение во ВГИКе [Художник-постановщик кино, театра и телевидения] . Рецензентом защиты выступил режиссер, сценарист, заслуженный деятель искусств РФ – А.Н. Сокуров. По окончании Альма-матер вступила в Московский Союз Художников.
Выбор специализаций был направлен на расширение выразительного арсенала автора, в первую очередь, ментального. После длительного обучения, освоения возможных техник и стилистических направлений, в 2015 году взяла карт-бланш для создания собственной творческой идеологии и изобразительного языка. В настоящее время Анастасия живет и работает в Москве, продолжая развивать избранную стезю.
“Как автор, я стремлюсь изъять рефлексию из основ творчества. Очистить искусство от налета переживания субъекта и оставить лишь беспримесные начала. Эссенции. Компоненты - в чистом ви-де, эмоции - в чистом виде, пластику - в чистом виде. Беспредметность олицетворяет изобрази тельную крайность, потому фигуративные элементы здесь присутствуют, создавая гармонический противовес.
Авторов можно разделить на две категории. Кто ставит перед собой задачи, и кто – сверхзадачи. Моя сверхзадача — разработка универсального выразительного языка. Экономного, внятного, и одновременно, неограниченного. Мы имеем разный опыт и субъективный вкус. Возможности такого языка подводят общий знаменатель под этими различиями. Позволяя мне сохранять идентичность, на фоне безграничной художественной вариативности”
EXHIBITIONS
1997 Group exhibition in the RHSC, Berlin
1997 Group exhibition in the RCSC, Warsaw
1998 "All Russian youth exhibition" Central House of Artists, Moscow
2001 Solo exhibition, Art Center, Zhukovsky
2003 "Reconstruction of the State Tretyakov Gallery" New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2005 "Сulture exchange" Youth Center, Kristianstad
2005 Сulture exchange” Arts Center, Malmo
2010 "Artists of modern Russia" Center of Fine Arts, Moscow
2010 "Fund of cinema sketches" A.P. Bogolyubov Art Library, Moscow
2010 “6th International youth Festival” Theater Center on Strastnoy, Moscow
2011 “Time” M’ARS Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow
2011 "The world" State Exhibition Hall Gallery XXI, Moscow
2011 “7th International youth Festival” Theater Center on Strastnoy, Moscow
2011 "Theater and film artists" Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow
2011 “Graphics" Exhibition Hall of the Moscow Union of Artists, Moscow
2011 "The graduates" Moscow Academic Art Lyceum of the Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow
2012 "Cinema artists" Regional branch of the Union of Artists, Central Exhibition Hall, Yaroslavl
2012 "Iconography. The heritage" Exhibition Hall of the State Historical Museum, Moscow 2012 “8th International youth Festival” Theater Center on Strastnoy, Moscow
2012 Festival “The cultural movement territory" Design factory FLACON, Moscow
2012 “XXI century" Exhibition Hall of the Moscow Union of Artists, Moscow
2013 “Film artists. Film sketches" Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow
2013 “Free theme" Exhibition Center of the Moscow Union of Artists, Moscow
2014 "XVII International art exhibition" Central House of Artists, Moscow
2014 "Section" Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow
2015 "XXXV youth exhibition. Artists of Russia" Exhibition Center of the Moscow Union of Artists, Moscow
2016 "Unification" Museum of Contemporary Art, Calheta
2016 All Russian art exhibition of the Union of Artists "Youth of Russia" Central House of Artists, Moscow
2016 "XXXVI youth exhibition" Exhibition Center of the Moscow Union of Artists, Moscow
2017 "Interdisciplinary exhibition. Fine arts" Central House of Artists, Moscow
2018 “XXXVIII youth exhibition" Exhibition Center of the Moscow Union of Artists, Moscow
2020 "All Russian youth exhibition" Union of Artists of Russia, virtual format
2021 “METHOD [-1]” solo exhibition, Moscow Museum of Modern Art [MMOMA], Moscow
