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About Sergey Zagraevsky’s art
2015
Sergey
Zagraevsky.
I have looked at Sergey’s paintings, and I find them fascinating. I
agree that they have primitive aspects. Yet, they are different from the type
of primitive artwork that is prevalent in the west. Many of his pieces have
strong influences of and references to Russian art and architecture, going back
several centuries. His fanciful paintings of the Kremlin, in particular, are
intriguing for their combinations of primitive and landscape aspects, along
with Russian iconography. I also see elements of the paintings of American
painter of light, Thomas Kincade (not my favorite painter) in his work. Yet
Sergey’s use of light is more subtle and appealing.
I don’t know where Sergey’s oeuvre fits in with mainstream contemporary
Russian painting. But I suspect that his work is more experimental and
intuitive than most of the academically oriented Russian paintings being
created today.