Andrei Kolkoutine

Andrei Kolkoutine (

. He belongs to the art group " FOSTER BROTHERS " together with two other famous artists - Andrey Efi and Eugeny Lindin. The medium of his paintings is usually oil on canvas, but Kolkoutine also made a few sculptures and graphic works. Besides Russia, Kolkoutine has made exhibitions in Denmark, Germany, France and other European countries as well as the United States.

Style

Kolkoutine settled into his current characteristic style by the end of the 1980s in which he mixes traditions from the Russian icons with

letters. Frames in different colours surrounding the motifs are often oblique.

Motifs

Often the motifs are either stylized

or simple working people from the Russian province; according to Kolkoutine the biblical characters are in principle the same kind as the provincial people (Bjørnager, 2006). The biblical motifs are also a reflection of his origin; they are distinctly orthodox. Jekatarina Seleznjova states that in her opinion the fundamental question asks in his paintings is "Why are we here?" (Seleznjova, 2007), and thus despite the culturally characteristic motifs Kolkoutine's paintings are supposed to touch something universally human. Kolkoutines paintings are both simple and complicated it is said.

External links

• Homepage of Andrei Kolkoutine
• Homepage of the "Foster Brothers"

References

• Bjørnager, Kjeld: Andrei Kolkoutine: Signs and deeds from the Russian Province. Ganymed Publishers, 2006
• Kolkoutine, Andrej: Pictures from the Russian Province (kartiny russkoj provincii
• Kolkutin, Andrej), Ganymed Publishers, 1997
• Seleznjova, Jekaterina. 'Andrei Kolkoutine', 2007, Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg
• Galerie Moderne: 'Kolkoutine' 2001
• Eveleigh, Romilly. "Postmodern Icon" April 1., 2005