Lipstick and the Moon | Dmitry Kuznichenko

  • Dmitry Kuznichenko, Striped Stockings
  • Dmitry Kuznichenko, Nocturnal Chase
  • Dmitry Kuznichenko, Hi There
  • Dmitry Kuznichenko, In Tune
  • Dmitry Kuznichenko, Another Touch
  • Dmitry Kuznichenko, Better than the Last Time
  • Dmitry Kuznichenko, Blue Pony
  • Dmitry Kuznichenko, Foot for Thought
  • Dmitry Kuznichenko, Pre-emptive Strike
  • Dmitry Kuznichenko, Southerly Change
  • Dmitry Kuznichenko, Terracotta Moon
  • Dmitry Kuznichenko, Keeper of the Rock
  • Dmitry Kuznichenko, Lustful Geometry
  • Dmitry Kuznichenko, Rusalka from Toledo
  • Dmitry Kuznichenko, Over the Moon
  • Dmitry Kuznichenko, Sleepy Sleepy Sunshine
  • Dmitry Kuznichenko, Slumbering Dunes
  • Dmitry Kuznichenko, Veronese Green

Lipstick and the Moon
11 - 31 March 2010

 

As long as I can remember I’ve been fascinated by light.

The mysterious play between shadow and light gains even more power outdoors. In collaboration with the landscape, light constructs huge rehearsals everyday, allowing someone to shine and someone to stay in shadow. I seek such effects in these paintings, where the proportion of shadow and light is very different in each work.

The storyline itself also becomes a metaphorical source of light, where characters create their own luminescence . "I love her shiny red hair" thinks the dog in Terracotta Moon, and it starts radiating so much light that it illuminates the bridge and surroundings.

 

There is a strong sentimental and personal thread through the work. Be it my daughter’s shoes, which found their way into my studio after she had outgrown them (Foot for Thought), or the cheeky magpie on an old lawnmower  accompanying the couple caressing under the grevillea tree (In Tune). But the point is how quickly the light changes…

 

My works are filled with joy, humour and affirmation of life, but there is an awareness of impermanence of things and the possibility of change, what some would call the darker side. I’m glad it exists in my work. It makes us even more alive.

 

Dmitry Kuznichenko  2010