1 Nov - 19 Nov 2016

Point of mind

"I myself am my heaven, I myself am my own hell. (Schiller)"

The project Point of mind - is the search for the divine in man, the search for his temple, which, like the whole universe, can fit in just one head. Painters Egor Laptarev and Julia Belova actualize the human head as a "point of reason", as a universal symbol, bringing this symbol to the sacred. The exhibition itself is a kind of altar, it is a kind of game of images - the universe in the universe, the temple in the temple. The canvases depicting heads, from which the light of reason and purity is shed, are like icons, and the ceramic heads of cherub babies framing them, which are frustrated and may not be as happy as on the church facade, however, refer us again to church motives.

By itself, the head is a point of reference, the point of reason and painters, each in its own way trying to reveal this image for themselves, combining into one common concept of the sacred and intimate. The mind living in the human head can hold whole worlds in itself, create incredible images and thoughts, but the main thing is that it is in constant dialogue with someone called - God. Light is born in the head, punishment and forgiveness are born in the head. The most sincere confession takes place in my head - alone with myself.

Julia Belova

Born in the city of Tver (Russia) in 1991

2009-2015 she studied at the Art and Industrial Academy of A.L. Stiglitz (ceramics class).

Since 2016, she is a student at the Vienna Academy of Arts (abstract painting class of Professor Erwin Bohatsch).

Exhibitions:

2016 “Paradise” Lutheran Church of Saints Peter and Paul (St. Petersburg, Russia) permanent exhibition

2017 "In Colors Of Sun and Sky" gallery "Mondi" (Vienna, Austria)

2017 "Tschau Ragazzi" Vienna Academy of Arts (Vienna, Austria)

2017 "Demystifying Femininity" gallery "Improper Walls" (Vienna, Austria)

2017 "Upstream east" gallery "Easy upstream" (Munich, Germany)

2016 “Scorched Earth Happy Land”- “Aa Collections Gallery” (Vienna, Austria)

2016 "Artefact" Gallery "Dukley Art" (Budva, Montenegro)

2016 "Ceramics on the grass" Elagin Island (St. Petersburg, Russia)

2015 "Source" international exhibition in SPbGHPA A.L.Stiglitz (St. Petersburg, Russia)

2014 "On a Circle" Solovetsky Museum (Solovetsky Island, Russia)

2013 "Plate" student exhibition in SPbGHPA A.L.Stiglitz (St. Petersburg, Russia)

2012 "Young Porcelain" Imperial Porcelain Factory (St. Petersburg, Russia)

2011 "8 points on the plane" student exhibition SPbGHPA A.L.Stiglitz (St. Petersburg, Russia)

2008 “Exhibition of Young Painters” Union of Painters (St. Petersburg, Russia)

Member of Russian and international art residences (Russia, Montenegro, Poland, Ukraine)

Works are in private collections in Russia, Germany, Austria, USA.

Egor Laptarev

Born in 1984 in the city of Maykop (Republic of Adygea, Russia).

1999-2004 he studied at the Abramtsevo Art-Industrial Vasnetsov School.

2005-2011 - studied at the Repin Academy of Arts at the faculty of monumental painting under the guidance of A.A. Mylnikova and A.K. Bystrov.

Since 2011 member of the Union of Paints of St. Petersburg.

2008-2014 participated in the manufacture of mosaic panels for the St. Petersburg metro under the leadership of A.K. Bystrov. (Stations Spasskaya, Sennaya, Volkovskaya, Admiralteyskaya, International, Zvenigorod, Bucharest).

Exhibitions:

Permanent participant of regular exhibitions of the Union of Painters of St. Petersburg.

2016 - personal exhibition "Phantasmagoria", a branch of the Hermitage Museum (Vyborg, Russia).

2015 - personal exhibition "World of sad clowns", art residence "Penza" (Penza, Russia).

2015 - participation in the charity art marathon, gallery "K35" (Moscow, Russia).

2015 - "STARTinART'15", gallery "K35" (Moscow, Russia)

2014 - personal exhibition "Entities" gallery "ArtMuza" (St. Petersburg, Russia).

2013 - "The 1st International Exhibition of Monumental Art" (Beijing, China).

2011 - exhibition of young painters of Russia (Guangzhou / Guilin / Shenzhen, China).

2009 - Exhibition of students of the Academy of Arts of St. Petersburg (San Diego, USA).

Honors and Awards:

2014 - First place in the competition of illustrations of novels by Victor Pelevin, established by the publishing house Eksmo. Publication of illustrations in the collection of works by V. Pelevin (Moscow, Russia).

2014 - One of the winners of the contests “Smeared Image in Art” and “Metaphysical Head”, established by the Foundation of the painter Mikhail Shemyakin (SPB, Russia).