LACONISM [IN SHORT]

1. 

STYLE = THE ART OF LIVING.
FASHION = THE SEARCH OF A NEW STYLE.

2.

ARCHITECTURE = FUNCTIONALITY + STRENGTH + BEAUTY. [VITRUVIUS].
ARCHITECTURAL SPACE = THE HOLE IN THE CENTRE OF A RING DOUGHNUT.

3.

LACONISM [AS A STYLE] = LIVING WITHIN WHAT IS NECESSARILY SUFFICIENT.

LACONISM [IN ARCHITECTURE] = THE NECESSARY SUFFICIENCY OF FUNCTIONALITY + STRENGTH + BEAUTY.

4.

PAINTING = THE ERUPTION OR OUTBURST OF AN ARTIST’S EMOTIONS ONTO A TWO DIMENSIONAL PLANE.

SCULPTURE = THE ERUPTION OF AN ARTISTS’ EMOTIONS ONTO A THREE DIMENSIONAL FORM.

THE ARCHITECT AND THE ARTIST

ALL OUR LIVES, WE SURROUND OURSELVES WITH WALLS. THESE VERY WALLS RUIN OUR LIVES BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT THEM.

IF THE MAIN OBJECT OF VISUAL ART IS TO COMMUNICATE THROUGH IMAGERY, THEN THE MAIN OBJECT OF ARCHITECTURE IS TO CREATE SPATIAL IMAGERY THAT SUPPORTS THE ACTIVITIES OF ITS’ INHABITANTS.

THE ARCHITECT CREATES SPACES THROUGH BUILDING WALLS. WHEN THE ARTIST PAINTS ON THESE WALLS, HE CREATES HIS OWN SPACE. IN THIS WAY, THE ARTIST BREAKS THE WALLS.

DIGITAL PAINTINGS

THIS IS THE EMOTIONAL OUTBURST OF AN ARCHITECT ONTO A TWO DIMENSIONAL PLANE AS FRUSTRATED PROTECTION FROM THE TWO-LEGGED BRAINLESS CREATURES THAT ARE EVERYWHERE. THEY MAKE OUR HEADS EXPLODE BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS WANT TO RUIN EVERYTHING WITH SELF INDULGENCE, AS THOUGH THEY ARE IN AWE OF THEMSELVES.

IF YOU CAN’T BUILD, YOU SHOULD WRITE. [A.GUTNOV, ARCHITECT 1937-1986].

IF YOU DON’T WANT TO HAVE A HEART ATTACK OR GO INSANE, YOU SHOULD PAINT. PAPER IS PATIENT, THE CANVAS CAN TAKE ANYTHING. FOR ME, THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FIGURATIVE AND ABSTRACT ART. 

THE ART IS EITHER THERE OR IT IS NOT.

IVAN SHALMIN, MOSCOW, 20.08.2016

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