Visual Language Magazine Contemporary Fine Art Vol 4 No 1

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Slav Krivoshiev
Who Stole the Fairy Tales
Slav Krivoshiev is a passionate Russian artist that
shares his stories vividly on canvas. Visual Language
first featured his work in January of 2014 and invited
him again to be a featured artist in this issue.
The hidden metaphors in his compositions challenge
the viewer to look far beyond the surface. His colors
and use of texture are metaphors in their own right. Yet
as one stands before his work warily, so exactly does
the allegory in the painting mimic the other reality - is it
the fear one might recognize in a scene expressing a
reality kept at a distance His works intimately connect
places and times of familiar stories and myths with unfamiliar
visions. Upon further exploration, one will discover
the figures in each painting hidden and woven
into the fabric of the canvas through his active use of
texture. Krivoshiev has said that his works of art evaluate
morality, questioning how we, as a society, relate to
people with different beliefs and the impact our evolving
modern civilization has on cultural practices and the
ethical norms.
Krivoshiev’s paintings present a culture and a time far
from our present reality, while bordering on the edge
of days that may come ahead. In this scope of work
there is a connection and continuity that is seeded
from today’s world unrest. Krivoshiev associates current
day with days lived two thousand years ago. His
stories cross eras, glimpsing moments past and present
as narratives develop in our minds while our eyes
search the surface for substantial details. The paintings
descend into the depths of an unknown time, a time of
yesterday while reflecting the tension and unbalance in
our world today.
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