Georgi Baylov
Elements of Abstraction
December 16 - January 7, 2011
Reception:
Thursday December 16, 2010 6-8 PM
Press Release
Bulgarian-born artist Georgi Baylov uses strong directional shapes and bold colors to create paintings that confront each viewer with symbolic contrasting imagery. These abstract works employ figurative and geometric patterns that offer the viewer glimpses into the story behind each work. Baylov’s use of determined diagonal and vertical lines give each work a dynamic sense of movement. These elements merge with Baylov’s use of repetitive shapes and forms, which give these paintings another layer of intensity and liveliness. Baylov uses the wet-on-wet technique for most of his paintings, meaning that the colors combine and merge to create soft muted tones. To create even greater depth and contrast, Baylov uses varied thicknesses of lines and darker tones juxtaposed with subtle, softer hues. Baylov says his work starts with the question, “What is the direction?” This question is not to be answered by the artist alone, but by the emergence of the image through its shapes, forms, and colors.
Georgi Baylov lives and works in Vetren, Bulgaria.
Artist Statement
When I create art I always ask myself who I am addressing. The themes in my work and the messages I suggest make me search for universally valid questions and answers. If I could put myself in any frame of description at all, then I would say I am an artist who uses the methods of the art of painting – colour and line - but also falls back on three-dimensional forms. When I paint in colour I usually use the wet-on-wet technique while the paint is fresh, so old and new colour intersect. At the end of the process I wait for the painting to be almost dry, and then add accents or unite certain areas. When sculpting, I often use iron, textile, paper - materials carrying a specific colour, thus trying to imply my idea both with the form and with the colour: "Painting and sculpture at the borderline".
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