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Alexei Gordin
Spring
Kevad
Весна
Acrylic on canvas, akrüül lõuendil, aкрил на холсте
2019
The two dispatches of “Between the Past and the Cosmos I and II” paintings and the works “Lights” and “Spring” depict a very Gordon-like societal portrait that spotlights the dramatic distance between human reality and human imagination. The first two are partly inspired by trips to Ida-Virumaa – the poorest part of Estonia, which is mostly populated by Russians who migrated for work during the soviet era, but nowadays, time seems to have stopped there. People have no work and no possibilities for development. In addition, a high rate of alcoholism and drug addiction is common in this region, which is also reflected in the demographic situation. Alexei says that he used metaphoric solutions to the problems of his characters in imagining an alternative reality for them in cosmos, which signifies people's aspiration for ideal, harmonic life.
Photo: Felix Laasmäe
Alexei Gordin
Spring
Kevad
Весна
Acrylic on canvas, akrüül lõuendil, aкрил на холсте
2019
The two dispatches of “Between the Past and the Cosmos I and II” paintings and the works “Lights” and “Spring” depict a very Gordon-like societal portrait that spotlights the dramatic distance between human reality and human imagination. The first two are partly inspired by trips to Ida-Virumaa – the poorest part of Estonia, which is mostly populated by Russians who migrated for work during the soviet era, but nowadays, time seems to have stopped there. People have no work and no possibilities for development. In addition, a high rate of alcoholism and drug addiction is common in this region, which is also reflected in the demographic situation. Alexei says that he used metaphoric solutions to the problems of his characters in imagining an alternative reality for them in cosmos, which signifies people's aspiration for ideal, harmonic life.
Photo: Felix Laasmäe