pavel-agafonov

Pavel V. Agafonov – the contemporary artist

PAVEL V AGAFONOV is a Russian born international artist. PAVEL V AGAFONOV started his art career in early 1990th. During the 1990s his career was developing along the line of subjective and later ornamental cubism – poetry in geometry. After many experiments PAVEL V AGAFONOV arrived to what floating art which is more of a way of thinking than another ‘ism’. It is way of looking at things from a different angle.

Float-art is a central theme in PAVEL V AGAFONOV works today. He continues to create landscape painting for clients. But his true drive is with the abstract float art. It is a revelation or an incidental insight into common things and situation that leads to a discovery of a new meaning. Such meaning provides viewer with an emotional, aesthetic and intellectual experience. Sometimes PAVEL V AGAFONOV’s art is accompanies with satirical humor and other times is a reflective meditation.

Besides 2D art PAVEL V AGAFONOV is creating terracotta tattooed-art sculptures. Tattooed-art sculptures are a PAVEL V AGAFONOV search for new ornaments that cover the surface of the shapes. Line and shape not only decorate the surface but also create movement and mood. Sometimes they are mixed with colors and other times they are purely ornamental.

Every piece of the art created by PAVEL V AGAFONOV has a long and sophisticated title that creates a stage setting for the experience. He takes titles very serious. Often his work starts as a title. The visual expression comes later via meditation or sketching and color exploration.

Favourite genre of music: Jazz
Favourite style of art: Contemporary abstract
Personal Quote: Qui non accendam