Victor Anufriev

about my artworks

Victor Anufriev like an artist creates a new world and aspires to express in it what he's experienced
and felt himself and what is impossible to record and express in the words. Reality melted in the artist's mind
resemble in his artworks a dream full of impressions and signs. Symbol for him is a window to infinity.
Each artist's work can be served as a subject of contemplation. At the first sight it's unassuming but under
more intent consideration opens the deep values of his symbols. Victor often paints a girls with the birds in his canvases. A bird like a symbol has a very deep roots. The Bird was important thing in ancient Russian and Slavs legends. It was a sign and symbol of spirit of God Rod - the Creator of all Universe. The name of this Bird was Mother Sva. It was a begining of the Spirit life. Also there are a lot of Russian fairytales with the birds.
No one fairytale bird can not compare in beauty with the heroine of the Russian legend Firebird.
Her feathers are shining blue, and underarms are raspberry. Everyone can easily get burned on her tail. Precipitated pen preserves the properties of feathers of the Firebird for a long time.
It shines and gives warmth. And when the pen goes out, then it turns to gold. Firebird eats gold or Rejuvenating apples that give young. The pearls are showering from her beak while singing.
Singing the mythical bird is able to heal the sick and recover sight to the blind. Firebird guards fern blossom.
Gradually the image Firebird acquired another meaning. The Firebird was the embodiment of dreams of happiness. This is clearly seen in the plots of fairy tales. Anyone who can find and catch the Firebird,
at the end of stories are becoming all dreamed about. Sometimes Firebird is the savior.
But the most important thing in common and fabulous birds that they can fly. This ability of birds envied people since ancient times, and so fabulous birds very often reflect a person dreams that he is unavailable.
Birds, like angels, are symbols of thought, imagination and speed of mental processes and relationships.
A symbol of the family were birds or fish in Slavs legends. And the birds are often depicted, hatched.
Fish is also very popular symbol in Victor Anufriev's art.
In Christianity, the fish became a symbol of Christ. The word "Ichthys" stands for an abbreviation of the formula of "Jesus Christ, the Son of God, Saviour". It also symbolizes faith, purity, the Virgin Mary.
In the Middle Ages the fish was a symbol of spiritual essence, hidden under the cover of visible things. In the alchemical tradition, fish is interpreted as a mystical symbol of rebirth.
Fish serves as a symbol of fertility, including spiritually.
There are subjects with fishes and piramide in Victor's canvas.
The pyramid represents the combination of different geometric shapes, each having its own significance. Its square base, in accordance with the general symbolism of this form, symbolizes the Earth.
The top acts as the image center, the source and end of all things.
Triangular faces of the pyramid represent the tripartite structure of the Universe. Thus, the pyramid is considered as a structure that symbolizes the whole process of Creation.
Victor is playing with symbols, creating his dream world.
The mask means the protection, concealment, transformation, non-existence.
The mask is a symbol of secrecy. The mask is fantastic and magical possibility.
Thus, a man wearing a mask, as it is transformed into a different character, able to perform acts which are impossible in ordinary life.
The colors in the canvases are also important things. They have their signs and symbolizm with very old deep roots.
The ancient Slavs were very skilled in making various ornaments, who also had a sacred signs and were not "luxury item", and in the first place they were amulets.Man felt himself powerless before the nature and its elements, trying to understand their essence, to reveal the mechanism of influence on him the nature, to protect themselves from the unruly elements. It was a complex interaction of these forces. Slavic pagans communicate with the world in the language of amulets - items, jewelry, patterns, people who were with them and protect them his home. In clothes tried to use the red color, which symbolically defended against dark forces. Therefore, the hair weave red ribbons, embroidered scarlet thread, wore scarlet dresses. In the Old clothes are a lot of crimson - the color guard, a lot of white - a sacred color purity, and green - especially in the men's clothing - a symbol of protection from hostile forces of nature.
Figurative canvases of Victor Anufriev demand a special state of soul and mind.
Those who are able to wake up their fantazy can discover deep essence of the images.
These compositions introduce one into mysterious world, full of labyrinths built with the symbols and associations.