THE COLORS OF SPORTS | KIRILL KIPYATKOVSolo Exhibition at the Central Museum of Physical Culture and Sports | LUCH Gallery
Ministry of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation, Moscow
31 January, 2011
The artwork of young St.Petersburg artist Kirill Kipyatov attracts with its bright spread of colors and composition where figurative meets abstract. Realistic motifs in his paintings acquires additional dynamic dimension created by colored geometric structures. In his paintings the artist attempts to depict the joy of color and the process of painting itself. Thin relations connecting Kirill Kipyatkov with his mediums such as - paint, brush and canvas and the pleasure of painting leads to appearance of an artwork in which the whole space is about to be filled in with the abstract which has embodied an inexplicable ornamental pattern that exists by its own laws of color and gravity. However we recognize by the drawn human figures the academic painter who is in search of interesting stylistic and coloristic solutions.
Nowadays the sports itself whether it’s amateur or professional has became an integral part of the society closely targeting on the beauty, health, perfectionism and entertainment. Therefore directly or indirectly the sports has been integrated into our everyday life. The sports theme is of great importance for Kirill Kipyatkov. It’s not as a photography or a still image of the sports news report neither it is a reflection of a flickering television screen broadcasting the event. The sports of Kirill Kipyatkov is a motivation for creativity through personal practice of rowing, soccer, basketball, volleyball, tennis, cross country skiing, karate. Undoubtedly the sports means a lot to the artist, as well as to all of us because it is peace and progress, it is fruitfulness and joy, it is generosity and challenge, it is a fair play…