Creativity of A. G. Pozdeev as a Way of Worldview Expressing

Abstract

This work is devoted to determining the role of the author's worldview in art and identifying the forms of its expression. The work discusses the main stages of the creative path of the outstanding Krasnoyarsk painter Andrei Gennadievich Pozdeev, one of the largest artists of the second half of the twentieth century, who received all-Russian fame. The analysis of the most representative works in order to correlate his philosophical and artistic searches. A.G. Pozdeev in his work has gone a way similar to the stages of development of modern art from the fascination with impressionism to the philosophical generalization of images and stylization of form to a symbolic level. Having achieved recognition both among ordinary viewers and in the professional community, the artist changes his style and begins to create compositions dedicated to the fundamental principles of human existence. The names of the works of this period reflect the themes of his worldview searches: The Last Supper, Prayer for the Chalice, Golgotha, and the cycle The Human Life. The factors determining this process are studied. The worldview is endowed with a special role and significance in the implementation of the author’s artistic concept and system of artistic images. The ways by which the author expresses his worldview in the work are considered.