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LUNCH TIME, 2015 ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 39.3X29.5 IN. | 100X75 CM.
INVITED ARTIST CLOWNS, 2009 MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER 23.6X15.7 IN. | 60X40 CM.
LEMON TREE, 2019 ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 23.6X15.7 IN. | 60X40 CM.

FLIGHT OVER THE CITY, 2003 MIXED MEDIA ON CARDBOARD 39.3X3.4 IN. | 100X85 CM.

CHERRY BLOSSOM, 2016 ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 36.3X59 IN. | 100Х150 CM.

IGOR SMIRNOV

Lives and works in Jurmala, Latvia
http://smirnovfineart.com

Symbolic art of Igor Smirnov expresses the new tendency of art
perception and interpretation. At the same time it is focused
on eternal values and affects the emotional and mental state of
the viewer through the process of associative thinking.
The relationships between time and space always were at the
forefront of philosophical thinking and found expression in
visual art. It may be said that the twentieth century had indeed
manifested an insatiable thirst for the interpretations and
reinterpretations of time. There were a number of attempts
of reformation, transformation and even refutation of the
basic concepts of art in the search for the fourth dimension
reverberating echoes of time in visual art.

Following the new theories of philosophy, physics and
psychology which appeared in this century, the visual art
created a new language for the representation of time. Thus,
time became not only the key point of life but of art as well,
allowing us to evaluate art in the light of its relationship to the
temporality.

In the beginning of the third millennium the tendency to
immerse in fin du siecle esthetics became very popular and is
reflected in the content of visual art. The apocalyptic nature of
this era creates emotional stress and the feeling of instability.
The artist finds himself in an almost unforeseeable situation,
when everything in his world tumbles out of control without

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