The Swan
Screenprint
1992 (printed)
1992 (printed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Timur Novikov founded and led the 'New Academicians' movement that dominated the St Petersburg art scene in the 1990s. This print is from a series that revisits the look and themes of his earlier paintings and textile pieces which placed iconic symbols of Russian folklore - or its twentieth-century counterpart, the myth of Soviet technological progress - against large fields of solid colour which seem charged with symbolic significance. Here an image evoking the classic Russian fairytale Swan Lake seems to be ironically superimposed on Malevich's suprematist Black Square.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | The Swan (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Screenprint on black paper |
| Brief description | The Swan. 1992. Screenprint by Timur Novikov. |
| Physical description | Screenprint. |
| Dimensions |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
| Marks and inscriptions | Timur 1992 (bottom right in pencil) |
| Gallery label | In his early compositions Timur Novikov positioned small objects and emblems in large fields of colour. He explained, ‘Human vision has to do with objects of various magnitudes situated in space. Spaces of differing magnitudes are encountered much less often. It was this simple observation which led me to use fine detail on a large surface. I consider this spatial model to be more natural.’(22/10/2016) |
| Credit line | Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Timur Novikov founded and led the 'New Academicians' movement that dominated the St Petersburg art scene in the 1990s. This print is from a series that revisits the look and themes of his earlier paintings and textile pieces which placed iconic symbols of Russian folklore - or its twentieth-century counterpart, the myth of Soviet technological progress - against large fields of solid colour which seem charged with symbolic significance. Here an image evoking the classic Russian fairytale Swan Lake seems to be ironically superimposed on Malevich's suprematist Black Square. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.2083-2004 |
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| Record created | July 15, 2004 |
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