April. Tchaikovsky. "Transformation" Series. (2003)
Year
2003
Dimensions
70Х90 см
Materials
acrylic on canvas
Medium
Painting
Series
TRANSFORMATION
Price
$4000
Shipping cost depends on location
90 × 70 cm
In April. Tchaikovsky, a musical impression is transformed into a complex system of chromatic rhythms. The composition is constructed from numerous geometric modules that repeat, change in scale, gather into groups, and form a multilayered visual field.
Rather than following the regular sequence of musical notation, the rhythm here is constantly shifting. Large planes of colour give way to smaller fragments, vertical structures are interrupted by horizontal connections, and individual motifs reappear in different parts of the canvas, as though a musical theme were returning in another register or variation.
Black plays a particularly important role. It does more than create contrast with the saturated yellow, blue, green, red, and violet planes; it also forms pauses and intervals between them. As a result, colour is perceived with greater intensity — like sound becoming more expressive through its relationship with silence.
The title refers to April from Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s piano cycle The Seasons, yet the work is not a direct illustration of the composition. Music becomes an impulse for creating an autonomous visual score, in which an emotional state is conveyed through relationships of colour, scale, and rhythm.
At the same time, April can be read more broadly as an image of awakening. Numerous small chromatic structures seem to become activated within a unified field: they emerge, repeat, transform, and enter into interaction with one another.
April. Tchaikovsky explores the moment when musical rhythm becomes the rhythm of colour, and the sensation of spring awakening is transformed into a complex system of interacting forms. The pictorial plane becomes a kind of score that can not only be seen, but almost “heard.”
Buy April. Tchaikovsky. "Transformation" Series. (2003)
Year
2003
Dimensions
70Х90 см
Materials
acrylic on canvas
Medium
Painting
Series
TRANSFORMATION
Price
$4000
Shipping cost depends on location
In April. Tchaikovsky, a musical impression is transformed into a complex system of chromatic rhythms. The composition is constructed from numerous geometric modules that repeat, change in scale, gather into groups, and form a multilayered visual field.
Rather than following the regular sequence of musical notation, the rhythm here is constantly shifting. Large planes of colour give way to smaller fragments, vertical structures are interrupted by horizontal connections, and individual motifs reappear in different parts of the canvas, as though a musical theme were returning in another register or variation.
Black plays a particularly important role. It does more than create contrast with the saturated yellow, blue, green, red, and violet planes; it also forms pauses and intervals between them. As a result, colour is perceived with greater intensity — like sound becoming more expressive through its relationship with silence.
The title refers to April from Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s piano cycle The Seasons, yet the work is not a direct illustration of the composition. Music becomes an impulse for creating an autonomous visual score, in which an emotional state is conveyed through relationships of colour, scale, and rhythm.
At the same time, April can be read more broadly as an image of awakening. Numerous small chromatic structures seem to become activated within a unified field: they emerge, repeat, transform, and enter into interaction with one another.
April. Tchaikovsky explores the moment when musical rhythm becomes the rhythm of colour, and the sensation of spring awakening is transformed into a complex system of interacting forms. The pictorial plane becomes a kind of score that can not only be seen, but almost “heard.”
Ask April. Tchaikovsky. "Transformation" Series. (2003)
Year
2003
Dimensions
70Х90 см
Materials
acrylic on canvas
Medium
Painting
Series
TRANSFORMATION
Price
$4000
Shipping cost depends on location
In April. Tchaikovsky, a musical impression is transformed into a complex system of chromatic rhythms. The composition is constructed from numerous geometric modules that repeat, change in scale, gather into groups, and form a multilayered visual field.
Rather than following the regular sequence of musical notation, the rhythm here is constantly shifting. Large planes of colour give way to smaller fragments, vertical structures are interrupted by horizontal connections, and individual motifs reappear in different parts of the canvas, as though a musical theme were returning in another register or variation.
Black plays a particularly important role. It does more than create contrast with the saturated yellow, blue, green, red, and violet planes; it also forms pauses and intervals between them. As a result, colour is perceived with greater intensity — like sound becoming more expressive through its relationship with silence.
The title refers to April from Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s piano cycle The Seasons, yet the work is not a direct illustration of the composition. Music becomes an impulse for creating an autonomous visual score, in which an emotional state is conveyed through relationships of colour, scale, and rhythm.
At the same time, April can be read more broadly as an image of awakening. Numerous small chromatic structures seem to become activated within a unified field: they emerge, repeat, transform, and enter into interaction with one another.
April. Tchaikovsky explores the moment when musical rhythm becomes the rhythm of colour, and the sensation of spring awakening is transformed into a complex system of interacting forms. The pictorial plane becomes a kind of score that can not only be seen, but almost “heard.”
