Speaking about art, it is necessary to talk about time. If we look at the history of civilization, we see, first of all, monuments of material culture, significant works of art (architecture, sculpture, painting, literature) remain in the thickness of time, the history of mankind is the history of art. In turn, art accumulates time, while simultaneously being a carrier of the author's energy. The artist and time are interconnected: the artist belongs to his time, he lives in it, at the same time, trying to catch it with his art, to preserve it for "eternity".
Art is valuable for the personified presence of the author, his vital energy lives in the work. The artist expresses his reflection on time, the civilization to which he belongs, passing the idea through the filters of his personality, his experience, worldview, aesthetic preferences. The canvas is a border, a line of meeting of the internal (the artist) and the external (time), on this border the energy that feeds art arises.
Text: Andrey Rudyev
