13.07.2018

Laptarev Egor

Egor Laptarev was born in 1984 in the city of Maykop, in 2000 he moved to Moscow. After graduating from the Abramtsevo Art and Industrial College named after Vasnetsov continued his studies at the Academy of Arts named after Repin (St. Petersburg) at the faculty of monumental painting. At the moment he is studying at the School of Contemporary Art «Free Workshops» at MMOMA (Moscow).

In his work, Egor turns to various types of arts: easel painting, graphics, sculpture, video art, street art and mosaics. The main theme of his work is the image of the human body, presented in different contexts. Over the past years, he has been working in his unique technique - applying paint in several layers, he hides the original image under it. Egor modifies the classic drawing and experiments with materials, this way of creating a work allows to change the course of the plot in the process.

Egor Laptarev was born in 1984 in the city of Maykop, in 2000 he moved to Moscow.

After graduating from the Abramtsevo Art and Industrial College named after Vasnetsov continued his studies at the Academy of Arts named after Repin (St. Petersburg) at the faculty of monumental painting. At the moment he is studying at the School of Contemporary Art «Free Workshops» at MMOMA (Moscow).

In his work Egor turns to various types of arts: easel painting, graphics, sculpture, video art, street art and mosaics. The main theme of his work is the image of the human body, presented in different contexts. Over the past years, he has been working in his unique technique - applying paint in several layers, he hides the original image under it. Egor modifies the classic drawing and experiments with materials, this way of creating a work allows to change the course of the plot in the process. Keti Bogomaz, Art critic

«I work with the theme of physicality and aesthetics of the exposure of the human body. Using the skills of the academic drawing school, I modify the classic drawing and experiment with materials.
Over the past years, I have been working in my technique: I apply several layers of paint to the initial drawing, after which I open the image in fragments. Removing some of the paint, I then expose parts of the body, then hide them. This way of creating a work allows you to change the course of the plot in the process of work.I put a classic drawing in an abstract space, where it splits up and loses its original appearance». Egor Laptarev

SERIES «MANIFESTED», 2020

In the series «Manifested», Egor touches on the subject of physicality and aesthetics of the exposure of the human body. Despite changes in public consciousness regarding freedom of expression and self-acceptance, this topic is still taboo.

Characters appear on dark, like film, sheets of paper. In small fragments, Yegor brings out the storyline, now exposing parts of the bodies, then hiding them. Manifested - this is not an illustration of the act, but only an impetus to understanding what is happening. Only the artist knows what is hidden under a thick layer of paint, and only he decides what will be released from the space of the sheet.

The theme of corporeality in this series is revealed by thinking about the sacredness of a naked body. What actually excites consciousness more - its demonstration or concealment? The author sets himself the difficult task of showing and at the same time locking in eternity part of the plot. Asking a question about the creator’s power over his work, he enters into a dialogue with the viewer watching the «manifestation» of the image, which freezes at the moment chosen by the artist. Keti Bogomaz, Art critic

THE SLICES PROJECT, 2021

Not drawn eyes in portraits of people express a deliberate refusal to interact with the outside world and a fascination with the inside. In the key of the practice of fixing the current state, the duration of the creation of each work in the series was limited to one and a half hours. This practice gives rise to random images that are not a statement, but a visualization of a slice of the flow of sensations when immersed in oneself, an internal dialogue.

SELECTED GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2022 — Process S-41, exhibition of MMOMA students, Moscow, Russia.
2021 — Freedom, group exhibition, Moscow Union of Artists, Moscow, Russia.
2021 — Art Russia Fair 2021, Contemporary Art Fair, Gostiny Dvor, Moscow, Russia.
2020 — NII SREDA: shaping the environment within the framework of the Art-Space-Hopping project with the support of the Museum of Moscow, group exhibition, Moscow, Russia.
2020 — two charity auctions to help doctors fighting the pandemiс.
2020 — The Manifeste solo show curated by a-s-t-r-a gallery, Cube.Moscow, Moscow, Russia.
2019 — Dream of the Gods, joint project for the museum night of the Museum of 20th and 21th Century Saint-Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2019 — LEVELS, group exhibition, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2019 — Dyatlov Pass, DK Gromova, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2018 — Group therapy session, Poligraf cech gallery, Moscow, Russia.
2018 — Lingwe Universala, Sevkabel Plant, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2018 — Overcoming, Manege Central exhibition hall, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2018 — Disciplinary spaces, Erarta Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2017-2018 — Against All curated by Anatoly Osmolovsky, VLADEY gallery, Moscow, Russia.
2017 — Point of mind, joint exhibition with artist Julia Belova, Molbert gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2016 — Phantasmagoria, State Hermitage museum (Vyborg branch), Vyborg, Russia.
2015 — The World of sad clowns, PENZA Art Residences, Penza, Russia.
2015 — Charity art-marathon, K35 Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
2014 — Essence, ArtMuza gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2013 — 1st International Exhibition of Monumental Art, Beijing, China.
2011 — A mobile exhibition of young artists of Russia, Guangzhou / Guilin / Shendzhen, China.
2009 — Exhibition of young artists of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, San Diego, USA.

HONORS AND AWARDS:

2014 — First place in the competition of illustrations for stories by Victor Pelevin, conducted by the publishing house EKSMO. Illustrations published in the collected works of V. Pelevin, Moscow, Russia.
2014 — One of the winners in the competition «Indistinct image» and "Metaphysical head» by artist Mikhail Shemyakin Foundation, St. Petersburg, Russia.

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