Sergei Lotsmanov

Born on 1983 in Tartu, Estonia, Russia

Born：1983
Hometown：Tartu, Estonia
Lives and Works：Tver, Russia and Estonia Jõhvi
Education：
Institute of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia, 2012
Estonian Academy of Fine Arts, Tallin, Estonia, 2010
Painting Department of Venetsianov Art School, Tver, 2004

Artist Sergey Lotsmanov explores how we observe the world in his art. It is important to distinguish outlook and observation in his art works. Outlook can be non-verbal, like in animals or even galaxies. Observation is always related to the language, be it linguistics or mathematics, and implies introspection, often a subjective one.

Sergey has dealt a lot with an urban landscape, discovering lyrical and utopian Nature’s motives in it. Since 2019, he has created a series of seascapes with double horizon. This structure is a double metaphor

referring to the theory of social systems and world of screens, as well as those who use them. The artist believes that the essence of the digital epoch is revealed through tension between constructivist and expressionist painting. The impact of Cézanne and Turner’s watercolors is apparent in his seasca

While creating his works, Lotsmanov rationalizes the process, as a conceptualist. This conceptual approach shows itself in topics too, for example, the Plato’s Allegory of the Cave or Kant’s ideas.

The artist asserts that his paintings reflect his “inner world”, but it is not escapism. He employs the conceptual method in order to resist thoughtless consumption of digital content. His objective is to intellectually de-construct the image while exposing its communicative function and calling for reflection upon the digital nature in post-internet reality. He is opposed to the image-manufacturing “digital factory”.