Alexander Kompaniyets. "Signs of the Earth"

Erarta Museum presents an exhibition of the Krasnodar artist Alexander Kompaniyets, whose contemplative painting is close to the Eastern Zen tradition.

Alexander Kompaniyets can be called the embodiment of the anti-trend - the modern idea of success is completely alien to him, he is not afraid to be misunderstood. The Signs of the Earth exhibition brings together canvases dedicated to the abundant southern nature. But the author's favorite season is autumn, when the rich vegetation scorched by the sun dries up, revealing the earth's surface to man in all its details, and the air becomes colder and more transparent. That is why Kompaniyets' painting is contemplative and meditative, close to the eastern Zen tradition.

It may seem that in the artist's works, individuality is taken beyond the boundaries of the canvas - it is being replaced by the dispassionateness of a naturalist. However, depicting the signs of the earth, the author, who has the opportunity to observe the feelings and thoughts of his growing son, seems to be living his own childhood anew. Alexander Kompaniets draws attention to the fact that underfoot, - without presenting any interest to adults, all these little things reveal the whole world to the child. The artist seems to be forever stuck in the cosmos of carpet patterns, on which you travel, falling asleep.

The plotlessness of Kompaniyets' canvases, combined with carefully drawn textures and details, creates in his paintings the effect of suspense, sometimes condensing into a feeling of sudden and unreasonable anxiety, the expectation of the irreparable. In the works of the author, the fire is ready to grow into a forest fire, and in the tall swaying grass something unknown is hiding. The artist realizes that the only constancy of the world is its tragic change. It also gives rise to a keen sense of loneliness inherent in the painting of Alexander Kompaniyets. At the same time, the author is trying to capture something elusive - something that is about to be lost forever.