Exhibition of Jüri Jegorow\'s digital photos offers a
stimulating change to the peaceful mood of the beginning of the year and
to the traditional understandings of art. |
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According to the words of the artist himself his works
are physically digital photos, but in contents they are
computer-photo-graphics. Big works have been executed on special printer
paper, smaller ones on photo paper. |
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History of preparing of the works is commented by the author
himself accordingly:
\"I have had already 4 personal exhibitions of the insects. For the
first time my second personal exhibition \"Cordofonic\" concentrated on the
insects, where I presented 12 morbid copper etchings on the theme of
insects and string instruments. |
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Some years ago I became an amateur entomologist or
started collecting insects. It became clear in the course of the
experiments that it is possible to scan the bugs successfully directly
from the nature. The result was exeptionally detailed and natural,
intriguing me to creation. I gave up the earlier complicated fairy-tale
book illustration style retelling direction that I had been using in the
copper etching and started to depict insects more freely and in
minimalistic context. In such a manner originated the series \"Insect\".
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With the help of modern technology I achieved in my work the
supreme decorativeness. I myself regard these bright, already glowing
colour solutions one of the important experimental additional value of the
insects series. |
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While handling the next material I decided to
manipulate even more with decorativeness. Besides insects I brought into
my creation attractive butterflies, combining them with the op-elements of
the neo-op-world, originating from the first half of the 20.century and
the 70ies. I studied thoroughly the optical philosophy and pattern system
of Vasarely. I constructed in the computer a number of op-patterns, adding
to the background also a handpainted line. In spite of the stressed
decorativeness the storytelling manner returned in a way into my
works. |
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Insects, used in the works, have partially been photographed
in the Zoological Museum of Tartu, also elements of plants, scanned from
the nature.\" |
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