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Dmitry Tsvetkov - artist, fashion designer, tailor, miniaturist, who seems to master all known types of needlework, is one of the brightest representatives of his generation. A deep philosophical understanding of life, the search for connections between seemingly as far away spheres, expressive contrasts and attention to the theme of the state and patriotism are the most striking features of the master's work.
Creative biography of the artist
Dmitry Borisovich Tsvetkov was born in provincial Kolomna in 1961. At the age of 27, the young man became a graduate of the Faculty of Painting of the Moscow State Art Institute named after Surikov.
The creative biography of the artist Dmitry Tsvetkov has dozens of solo exhibitions that were very successful in Russia and abroad. The master's works were exhibited in Belgium (Brussels), Montenegro (Budva), Italy (Rome), Germany (Dresden) and other countries. Notable cultural eventsMoscow hosted two dozen solo exhibitions in Moscow galleries (Krokin Gallery, Marat Gelman Gallery, A-3 Gallery, Soros Center for Contemporary Art), as well as in museums in Perm, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, St. Petersburg and other cities.
Museum Treasures
Dmitry Tsvetkov's paintings are included in the holdings of the country's leading museums, such as the State Tretyakov Gallery, the State Russian Museum, the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, the National Center for Contemporary Art and others. In 2009, his name was included in the long list of the Kandinsky Prize in the "Project of the Year" nomination.
Unique Theme
The identity of the artist noticeably distinguishes him among the representatives of his generation. Its figurative range is largely based on images of military uniforms, orders, coats of arms, and most importantly, weapons of various types. Cold and gunshot, modern and historical are performed by a wide variety of methods. Dmitry Tsvetkov equally skillfully masters both painting techniques and fine and decorative techniques of sewing, beading, tapestry, knitting, embroidery, modeling.
The artist names museums as his favorite sources of inspiration:
- Victoria and Albert in London,
- little Italian ones,
- the majestic Hermitage.
The master mentions that not only pictorial collections give him the best food for the mind and soul, but also collections of everydayobjects surrounding people in everyday life: snuffboxes, fans, coins.
Artistic style
Attention to trifles, thoroughness and accuracy of recreating historical details cause the viewer to branch out chains of thoughts and associations that lead the memory to the most critical moments in the history of the country, the times of wars and the cult of personality. The unexpected materials used by the artist bear a tangible charge of the author's ironic attitude towards those majestic objects to which his creative eye is directed.
As for the technique of execution, the thoroughness and intricacy of the work is amazing. It is hard to imagine that at the beginning of his career, Dmitry Tsvetkov was fond of monumental genres. The artist deliberately ignores the twenty-first century with its advanced computer technology and painstakingly works on his masterpieces, requiring many hours of fine work: sewing, embroidery, knitting. The artist himself confesses his love for the materials he most frequently uses: fabrics of various textures and shades, rhinestones, beads, sparkles: “I am a needlework spider, this is my own.”
War and fashion - can they be combined?
Dmitry Tsvetkov sees a deep connection between the militaristic themes he develops and art, in particular, high fashion. The artist claims that all the leading fashion houses of the world: Prada, Hugo Boss, Christian Dior not only used military paraphernalia as the starting point of their work, but also continue to develop military uniforms forarmies of different countries. He goes further, insisting that even the history of jewelry fashion collections originates in ancient Greece, where warriors wore metal plaques in battle. One of the bright actions that clearly demonstrated the connection between war and fashion was the exhibition of the master's works in Novosibirsk.
The exhibition was held in the format of a private show of experimental fashion. The artist demonstrated the skill of a fashion designer and tailor, remaining true to his creative principles. Greatcoats, hats, machine guns were decorated with beaded figurines, frivolous lace, velvet, pearls and feathers. Emphasized non-functionality, softness of machine guns, orders made of felt and wool formed an expressive contrast with the hardness of their real prototypes.
Artist's philosophy
Speaking about his creative views, the artist emphasizes that he is alien to today's popular desire for marginality and nonconformity. The master explores the eternal problems that accompany a person on the path of life. “What is patriotism?”, “How are the state and a person connected?”, “Is the value of prolonging a person’s old age high?” These are examples of questions that the artist poses to himself. For example, in the project "Heads of Heroes" he comprehends in a new way the idea of the controversial desire to replace the quality of the years lived by their quantity.
One of the most important creative tasks of the master is the search for new pictorial symbols of Russia. The artist philosophically comprehends the history of the country and, recognizing the absence at the moment of a coherentnational idea, speaks of the ever-increasing importance of the imperial entourage: "The double-headed eagle is already soaring." Thus, the task of researching and artistically generalizing the features of the representation of the state reaches the level of the creative mission of Dmitry Tsvetkov.
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