Alexey Smirnov "Tactility" 0+ Automatic translate

Gallery "st. Bolshaya Craft ", 4th floor.

"Tactility" is the perception of the world through touch. But is it possible to perceive fine art tactilely? Traditionally, a person perceives painting by contemplating, but not touching.

Alexey Smirnov, within the framework of this exposition, dispels the museum stereotype “do not breathe on a masterpiece”. The author invites the guests of the exhibition to literally touch their works. Alexey works in a complex author’s technique, thanks to which the canvases acquire a dense texture, and visitors to the exhibition can try to "grope" the author’s intention in the literal sense of the word. The author intentionally does not use the word “spectator”, since this “spectator” may be a visually impaired or blind person. Everyone who comes, no matter in what way, he perceives art, will be a guest of a whole world of fantasies and experiences, philosophical reasoning and ideas about the eternity of the artist Alexei Smirnov.

Alexey positions himself as "an independent artist from St. Petersburg." He is outside of unions and associations. Over the years, he was looking for his own style of work, and as a result of his creative search he took a place in the niche of contemporary "associative art".

The work of Alexei Smirnov is distinguished by a heightened perception of the world, a search for new expressive forms that are consonant with our time. He is interested in combining various modern materials, creating an expressive texture. In his works, one can simultaneously feel the synthesis of the everyday and the fantasy, the abstract and the figurative. So, through the open door of his art, the author invites the viewer to take a step into the unknown, where vibrations of colorful lines, ornate forms and fantastic designs are filled with meaning and become tangible, turning into structures of the World around us. The exhibition presents works from several series, each of which embodies one of the stages of the creative path.

Touching the author’s works with your hands is welcome!