‘来自“双重地平线”系列’— 谢尔盖·洛茨马诺夫
Seascapes with Double Horizon
Seascapes with double horizon is a metaphor. When, during the first wave of coronavirus, I started working with this metaphor, it fascinated and inspired me to create this series of drawings.
Classical landscape painters were able to integrate several different planes into their paintings (up to 5 planes can be counted in some of the best compositions). Regrettably, many nowadays’ artists are no longer keenly skilled in it. In this series of works, I attempted to convey as many planes as possible with the help of a clever trick – a composition with double horizon.
The plain surface of the sea is also a metaphor for touch screens. When a seagull flies over the surface of the water, is it possible to compare this situation with modern Man’s fingers touching an LCD screen?
The double horizon is also a metaphor for a divided society – this problem can be seen today in many parts of the world. For example, the German sociologist Niklas Luhmann found that large systems simply did not communicate with each other. I was kind of scared by this apocalyptic determinism when I was introduced to his theory, and in order to overcome my fears, I started looking for a suitable metaphor for this situation, and while searching I gradually ended up with the image of a seascape with double horizon.
This image can be interpreted in different ways, since it has an existential content and does not really need to be substantiated by any sociological theory.
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”.
