BACK TO THE NATURE
The major series on which I am working on at the moment are
"Age of Fire,"
"Dance" and
"Gates".
In my works, I find it interesting to represent the age when man first extracted fire in the prehistoric period.
At that time people would gather together to communicate. Then, such concepts as home, beauty, and harmony came to life for the first time, and I hope to achieve these characteristics in such works as "Three Graces," "Dialogue," and "Expectations."
Man appeared to acquire the ability to narrate what he saw, and to communicate his feelings both visually and emotionally. I express both in color and plastics: how pure human feelings- fear, hatred, or love - can be portrayed.
I think that the artistic world surrounding us is complete and harmonic. To strive for the new in art and to change by means of a change does not stand to reason. But, by colliding older art schools of thought, one can show a new way.
The "Gates" as Collision of Civilizations shows the eternal conflict of man and society. By using gates as a symbol I hope that I can show one of the ways that the enigma of being can be solved.
NOW, WHAT IS THE ESSENCE OF CREATION? TO UNDERSTAND THAT, ONE SHOULD RETURN TO THE SOURCE OF REASON!
- Dimitry Semakov
Cologne, New York, 1993
