artist/ Plotnikov

Russie

The painter and sculptor Egor Plotnikov works in the field of figurative painting and sculpture and explores the theme of the contemporary landscape. Born in Kirov (Russia) in 1980, he has participated in exhibitions since 1994, notably in Russia, France, Italy, Belgium, England, Germany, United States, Denmark and Sweden.

Plotnikov works at the area of figurative painting and sculpture that are often presented as combined installations. Plotnikov researchs the theme of real landscape as social area and painting landscape, «museum» genre being at periphery of contemporary cultural context. Plotnikov paints at canvases wastes, edges and front-end areas which are located at the limits of human habitation and wild nature and moves personage of painting, sculpture of viewer, out the edges of picture. Work of art starts to view to itself. Big paintings are shrunk to small insignificant landscape fragments and personage-sculpture starts to hide from viewer. Empty wall/canvas/sheet of paper and space of exhibition hall are become communication field and important part of work of art.

At the contemporary period of crisis when codes were broken and conventions don’t work most important thing are become problem of adequacy of pure vision. And the artist asks about is it possible today the immediate direct contact of viewer with art and person with real space?

Plotnikov’s works are in the Russian Culture Fund collection, collection of Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow museum of modern art, Aksenov Fondation and Russian regional art museums.

Education :
Moscow Surikov State Academy Art Institute
Creative Workshops of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts