Konstantin Baidakov. Meeting spaces 6+

Erarta Museum presents the non-objective painting of Konstantin Baidakov, laconic in the northern way and authentic in the Pomor way

• Paintings seeking to become an object or sculpture
• Return to the folk roots of abstraction
• Northern nature, compressed to the size of a canvas

The non-objective painting of Konstantin Baydakov from Severodvinsk is in many ways close to the searches that the first avant-garde artists undertook at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries. The artist does not paint - he literally paints canvases, returning to the folk roots of abstraction. His works are reminiscent of homespun canvases hung to dry, walls of wooden houses washed by the rain and fences.

The exposition includes ten large-format works by the author, each of which serves as an example of the synthesis of arts. The artist cuts the canvases, revealing an uneven, natural edge of the surface - a flat painting turns into three-dimensional, goes beyond, becoming like a sculpture. This approach brings his work closer to the counter-reliefs of Vladimir Tatlin.

Northern laconicism is inherent in Baidakov’s work. His abstractions show the flat sandy shores of the cold White Sea, fiery sunsets, and the splash of gray waves. Ringing blue from frost, the flashes of the northern lights diverge in space… Cutting the canvas, the artist reveals an uneven, natural edge of the surface - and it becomes like a landscape where forest and river, sea and sky, polar day and white night meet. Baidakov’s abstractions are the quintessence of northern life and nature.

The exposition will also feature Sergey Karev’s object - a boat, one of the symbols of the deep north.