Less collage
Less-collage. Lessisme is a school within modern collage that emerged in the early 21st century. “Less-collage” was first introduced in 2004 by the Danish-Ukrainian artist Sergei Sviatchenko in his collection “Less”. It emerged in response to the multi-fragmented use of elements in classic and modern collage.
Sviatchenko’s “Less” collection is characterized by a very drastic reduction in the chosen elements creating the image. The individual work typically consists of only two or three fragments placed on a very clear and pure colour background. The artist deliberately chooses to limit the number of elements and colours in order to achieve both a minimalistic and an expressive effect. The very clean and saturated colours that make up the collage background create a space for the collage that does not take away from the power of the collage elements, but rather makes them more visually pleasing and enhances their convexity and depth. The pure background releases the collage from a narrative and distinct geographical context and makes the otherwise recognizable and everyday elements more dreamy. The crucial cuts that Sviatchenko makes in the original material add the final angles and contours to the collage, bringing it closer to a more abstract subject.
The British art critic and expert in contemporary art, Rick Poynor, wrote about Sergei Sviatchenko’s Less-collages:
They take as their guiding principle the first two terms of the famous Surrealist dictum of poetic shock and wonder, «Beautiful as the chance encounter of a sewing machine and an umbrella”, but see no need for the third term in the equation, “on a dissecting table”. In place of the third object or location, Sviatchenko offers a featureless rectangle, a void, in which his invented hybrids are displayed like biological specimens in a laboratory tank.[1]
When working with collages, Sergei Sviatchenko involves a number of aesthetic priorities that are embedded in unconscious, associative and impulsive choices inspired by the depths of our collective memory, aiming to achieve what he likes to call "an aesthetic surprise".
References
- ↑ Sergei Sviatchenko: Collages. Edited by Rick Poynor, Published 17 October 2014 by SCHLEBRÜGGE.EDITOR, Austria. ISBN 978-3-902833-65-5 Search this book on
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External links
- sviatchenko.dk
- gestalten.com/sviatchenko
- Sergei Sviatchenko Collages Rick Poynor
- A cut above - Inside the spirited collage worlds of Sergei Sviatchenko
- Collages: Sergei Sviatchenko in conversation with Rick Poynor
- Collage Now, Part 1: Sergei Sviatchenko
- SCHLEBRÜGGE.EDITOR
- For Light and Memory. Painting and Collage by Sergei Sviatchenko
- nowness - Sergei Sviatchenko for light and memory
- Sergei Sviatchenko: Pleasure, struggle, art
- «EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT AND LEFT IF YOU WANT IT» PAINTING AND COLLAGE BY SERGEI SVIATCHENKO
- Sergei Sviatchenko "The world of art is extremely diverse! Experiment more!"
- Danish artist of Ukrainian origin Sergei Sviatchenko and his creative credo
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