Horse Riders (No 1, Part of a Diptych)

2006, oil on canvas, 208x62 cm /// Dmitrijs Lavrentjevs (1970) bold and provocatively introduced himself to the art world in the mid-1990s. In his artistic style is linked with the leading Western post-modern art trends in the 1980s and 1990s. “Diptych: Horse Riders ( No 1, No 2)” consists of two individual paintings – with the female image and with the male image. Both images can be associated as archetypes of women and men that in different cultures and traditions are the symbols of the beginning of the mankind and the world. The painting is made with pastose brush strokes, both images are hypertrophied and depicted close to the surface of the plane. The format of the large canvas gives a monumentality and stability. Each part of the diptych is available for purchase separately. /// The artist’s signature and date are on the lower left side of the painting.