On February 6, the first solo exhibition of Luben Domozetski opens. It mainly presents works that can be defined as scientific illustrations in terms of genre and are the result of the author's observations and research in the fields of entomology (the science of insects) and in particular lepidopterology (the science of butterflies), ornithology and botany.
The artist's main goal is the objective, realistic and unambiguous presentation of specific animal and plant species, which in science have been elevated to an independent taxonomic category thanks to stable characteristics that distinguish the respective species and help to define it. In nature, however, creatures live and die without caring about their "species affiliation" - a fiction that arose in man's quest to learn about natural phenomena that exist without the need for definitions.
The specific technique of the presented works (tempera), the importance of the details in the image and the analytical attitude towards the depicted objects are strongly influenced by two mutually dependent, but at the same time divergent artistic traditions. On the one hand, there is the iconographic tradition of medieval Byzantine art, to which technical realization and the desire to present the idea of something lead. On the other hand, there is the Renaissance interest in living nature and the desire for its believable recreation. “Dürer’s Hare Fell” is part of the title of one of the works in the exhibition, which in terms of genre can also be attributed to scientific illustration. It depicts a specific type of bird, but contains various ideological and plastic “threads” that lead to the famous “Hare” by Albrecht Dürer.
Among the presented works there are also those that, with their content and some technical features (for example, the use of a primed board as a base, characteristic of icon painting), cross the border of scientific illustration. They use her visual and plastic tools and express the author's ideas about the inseparable connection between man and nature.
Opening: February 6, 2020, 6:30 PM
Location: Little bird place, 7 August 11th Street
Closing: March 15, 2020
Source: FB event
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