Boris Otarov
Publisher: Nadja Brykina Editions
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Zürich
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9783952352373; 9783952352366
Description: This is the first publication about life and work of the notable artist Boris Otarov.
His works are fascinating and magnetic as they change colour and deflect light depending on its intensity and angle of incidence. Yet, for all their brightness they remain very harmonious; the high level of colour intensity has its own system for positioning patches of colour. And the dizzying transitions - from lemon yellow to ochre, from bright red to deep purple, from sky blue to an intense ultramarine - occur without chaos, according to their own laws. "Colour must be the language you use to express your attitude to the world," the artist explained.
And he brought this whole frenzy of colour to life in a previously unseen texture which contained the most varied of materials - stone, glass, plastic...
Table of contents: pagenum: 7
title: Life is a Miracle (Nadja Brykina)
label: 1; pagenum: 27
title: Memories (Lydia Otarova)
label: 1.1; pagenum: 39
title: An Endless Maze
label: 2; pagenum: 71
title: The Realm of Passions "For ‘Shakespeare’s Histories’"
label: 2.1; pagenum: 81
title: The World of the Brave
label: 2.2; pagenum: 91
title: Portraits and Images
label: 2.3; pagenum: 133
title: Harmony and Contrast
label: 2.4; pagenum: 141
title: Sailing Free. Sea Tales. "In Memory of Grin"
label: 2.5; pagenum: 189
title: Mysterious Landscapes
label: 2.6; pagenum: 205
title: Childhood Dreams
label: 2.7