Once Upon a Time in Russia - Vladimir Daibov

Vladimir DaibovOnce Upon a Time in RussiaVladimir Daibov was born in the Urals region. His creativity evolved in the artistic environment of the late 1970s Leningrad, absorbing the influences of the Russian avant-garde, the German expressionism, and the Leningrad underground culture. While studying at the Serov Art School with fellow artists and future rock stars Georgy Guryanov and Viktor Tsoi, Daibov witnessed the inception of the Leningrad Rock Club and countercultural movement. For him, however, the time of great change was not a period of all-out theatricality, but a chance to concentrate and find his own distinctive style. Like a Buddhist, he escaped the turning wheel of big city life, jumped off the merry-go-round of vanity, stepped off the train in the quiet town of Kursk to get a true feeling of self and the unhurried surroundings. For some, the time in provincial towns seems to have come to a halt, but for Daibov it has distilled and purged itself of any anxiety, emerging as a pure figurative formula. His unpeopled landscapes are filled with the dense substance of contemplation, expressing not the transience, but the permanence of being. Deep significance, plasticity, and generalization are generic to his works. The artist favours thick and pastose strokes, sharply defined shapes, contrasting colour schemes. At the same time, Vladimir Daibov's paintings are not simply visual facts and lucky finds of striking colour combinations manifesting a tried and tested craftsmanship. Rather, they can be seen as metaphysical landscapes, at times equally capable of instilling in the viewers a kind of existential yearning and astonishing them with the unexpected beauty of the everyday.

Vladimir Daibov

Cloud - Vladimir Daibov

Lazarevskoe №3 - Vladimir Daibov

Alley №1 - Vladimir Daibov

Outskirts of the village - Vladimir Daibov

Lazarevskoe №4 - Vladimir Daibov

Road - Vladimir Daibov

Self-portrait - Vladimir Daibov

Good morning - Vladimir Daibov

Bakery - Vladimir Daibov

Sultry day - Vladimir Daibov

Out - Vladimir Daibov

Southern evening - Vladimir Daibov

Evening shadows - Vladimir Daibov

Lazarevskoe №2 - Vladimir Daibov

Plyos - Vladimir Daibov

Landscape with a yellow pipe - Vladimir Daibov

Shower room №1 - Vladimir Daibov

Shower room №2 - Vladimir Daibov

Thaw - Vladimir Daibov

The ships of my harbor - Vladimir Daibov

Petrograd side - Vladimir Daibov

Road №2 - Vladimir Daibov

Lazarevskoe courtyard - Vladimir Daibov

Anne-Françoise Ben-Or

Early March - Vladimir Daibov

Laundry Bridge - Vladimir Daibov

Dedication to A. Deineka - Vladimir Daibov

Dedication to A. Deineka №2 - Vladimir Daibov

Lazarevskoe №1 - Vladimir Daibov

Walk along the embankment in Barnaul - Vladimir Daibov

My childhood yard - Vladimir Daibov

February thaw - Vladimir Daibov

Working outskirts - Vladimir Daibov

Sleep - Vladimir Daibov

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