Igor Terekhov
painting

The surface of the canvas warns you — here you encounter something absolutely different
The possibilities of this space have expanded in comparison to "abstract painting." We are faced with an open form in the state of transition. The Quantum Space of Heraclitus’ Fire.
The voice of light. The object disguised as a painting gains its actual existence. Rather than action painting, this is the process of light’s becoming.

Air
180х170 cm 2008
oil on canvas
Αλήθεια
«And he returned to the sanctuary of Artemis, to have a game of dice with the children; the Ephesians gathered around him, and he said to them, «Why marvel, you rascals?
Isn't it better to do these things than to bustle about the πόλις together with you?»

01.13
200х138 cm 2013
oil on canvas

10.08
180х170 cm 2008
oil on canvas

Li Bai
The Yellow River flows into the Eastern Abyss, The white Sun descends into the Western Sea. The retreating stream and flowing light Are flying, rushing, waiting for no one

01.93
73х60 cm 1993
oil on canvas
The meaning of painting and its substance are indivisible, and this is its unique feature
This is likely why artists are so unwilling to talk about their occupation. They have before them an example of the creation of texts, called to explain this or that, and the incessantly emerging paradox of the rupture between meaning and substance in verbal spheres


Raven
60х50 cm 1993
oil on canvas

10.04
90х110 cm 2004
oil on canvas
Martin Buber

05.04
91х100 cm 2004
oil on canvas

06.08
60х80 cm 2008
oil on canvas
Exhibition
After painting lost its monopoly on inventiveness, it developed the ability to create total objects with unique properties. The space of the canvas has the capacity to expand faster than the Universe. The goal is not just to find singularity in the visible, but to create it
















The works are in collection of The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, private collections in Russia, Europe, Canada, Singapore, Japan
