Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St Helena, CA
Artist Reception Saturday | September 9, 2023 | 4 - 6pm
We have always been interested in the greatest mystery of the universe - time itself.
Our life experience tells us that events occur in a certain sequence, but time is not always divided into past, present and future. Some physicists go even further, suggesting that time never runs out. It simply does not exist, it is an illusion.
Instead of viewing time as a straight line, we can use our memories as a source for thinking about the future.
It is very important. The human ability to travel through time in the imagination is the reason why we can do many things, such as planning the future or creating works of art.
The combination of cultural layers of different times of human history underlies our creativity. Sometimes we are inspired by the great masters of the Renaissance, sometimes by the Bauhaus school, sometimes by medieval tapestries. But every time we try to look at the past through the prism of modernity, bringing elements of modern design into backgrounds, costume details or interpretation of images.
In our opinion the new show "The Plexus of Time" perfectly illustrates our approach to the idea of ever-changing time, as in a single transparent capsule, the past, present and future are connected here, creating a sense of timelessness.
"The rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell is brilliantly portrayed in Hilary Mantel's Booker Prize-winning Wolf Hall. This Folio Society edition is illustrated by world-renowned fine artists Igor & Marina."
"Financial Times", December 11, 2022 by Helen Bain:
"...Bound in rich blue-and-gold blocked cloth with gilded edges, it has full-page illustrations by artists Igor & Marina that have a sketch-like, nuanced quality echoing works by Holbein - which Mantel had said reflected the Thomas Cromwell she wanted her readers to envisage. "Mantell was deeply involved in its production and very thoughtful about how she wanted it to be represented," says Folio's publishing director Tom Walker. "Finding an illustrator to match that vision was really challenging."
Next time, when you'll be traveling on "Regent Seven Seas Explorer", the most luxurious ship ever built, please take a look at Lobby Deck 4 & 5 on Igor & Marina's paintings, that were commissioned to us. "Seven Seas Explorer" is one of the most expensive ships, with a price tag $450 million and a suite that costs $10,000 per night. Launching on July 20, 2016, "Seven Seas Explorer" will set sail from Monte Carlo and cruise the Mediterranean and Ionian Seas with stops in 11 ports, including Barcelona, Ibiza, St. Tropez, and Taormina.
PUBLICATIONS
IGOR & MARINA FIRST MONOGRAPH
This year Igor & Marina's first monograph (80 color plates & 25 pages essay), published by SKIRA Italy, will hit the stands in all major Art Museums around the globe, Book Stores, Libraries, Universities, International Book Fairs etc... Album is distributed around the world by Rizolli, The Random House, Thames and Hudson. In fall 2016 there should be Igor & Marina's book signing at new Rizzoli Book Store 1133 Broadway, New York and we would be happy to see all our friends there! We'll post detailed info later. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to a wonderful group of people, without whom this our first album would not have been possible: -to Paola Gribaudo, who brilliantly curated and edited the book, helping us in many ways long before it even started; -to Jackie and Barry Gosin, a wonderful couple, for their selfless generosity and moral support; -to Ilya Kutik, Associate Professor at Northwestern University, for his beautiful essay; -to Andrew Wachtel, President of the American University of Central Asia, for translating the text into English.
