"Art-Shape" 2018-2020

  The myths of many nations say that when creating the World the great Abstraction arose.

It contained all the elements of the future objective world.

This was not Chaos. This was the beginning of a kind of Harmony,

from which, through divine intervention, the entire Universe was created. 

"This project consists of formal works, some of which were conceived in 2018 and completed in 2020.
The exhibition features 3 series of works:

CIRCLE AND CROSS
CIRCLE
ART-SHAPE

The last one gave the title to the entire exhibition as a whole - ART-FORM.
I devoted a lot of time to this topic, but in this exhibition it is already presented in other compositional solutions, and with elements that have not previously been used in my work.
Presenting the future exposition, I thought that there would be too much of black, gray ... Perhaps 2020 has left its imprint on my creativity and perception of reality. Therefore, I really wanted to add some color.
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In works of a formal nature, there is always a composition. Without the composition, in my opinion, there can be no art work at all. And it doesn't matter if this is an abstract work, a landscape, a still life or a figurative composition.

Everything that seems to us to be very conventional, not amenable to unambiguous reading, still contains a compositional principle, complemented by color, tone, rhythm, and in general creates what we call a "work of art". At the heart of any work of fine art is the concept of the Image. And not without reason in the Ukrainian language there is an expression "Imaginative art"

CIRCLE SIGN series

All my formal work is based on such a form as the CIRCLE. This is a perfect form that symbolically speaks about the Universe, about God, about Harmony - about what the artist always works with.

SIGN OF THE CIRCLE AND CROSS series

The works that are painted in color at this exhibition are symbolic works of the CIRCLE and the CROSS. In these works, I put the concept of the Creator and the God-man. The cross at the base of the Circle is a symbolic image of the Universe as I perceive it.
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It may look a little complicated, but it was interesting for me to work with this stuff. This expands the perception of reality, it becomes more interesting to live and create, to "shape" a Harmony. In my opinion, a sense of harmony is at the heart of any art piece.

And if it is natural for an artist, and he does everything possible to convey it through those expressive means he possesses, then this feeling inspires not only the author himself, but also those who visit exhibitions. Those who would like to feel and understand for themselves all the diversity of the world created by the artist. And if this is done honestly, and done with love and an inner conviction that everything is being done correctly, then it is always interesting to someone else, even if only one ...

If there is this someone there, it is already great, it means that the artist does not live and work in vain..."

Serey Barannik