Pict 01 (Comp. Flight) - Oil on Board 21.5'' x 25.5''

Vladimir Titov’s abstractions are intensely aware of their history. They continually reassert cubism’s relevance, privileging the fragmented, geometric shapes that became prominent in the era of Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso. Abstraction acknowledges life’s inherent strangeness like nothing else and Titov is keenly attuned to a painting’s metaphoric relationship to lived experience.

Titov works in oil, embracing the medium’s textural, vibrant flexibility. His paintings are either pure formal experiments or derived from still lifes. In either case, his work emphasizes the sensorial sway of composition. His paintings are structured precisely and decidedly; his colors are evocative and carefully orchestrated; yet, ultimately, his paintings create a freeform harmony that defies rational explanation.

Titov’s devotion to abstraction has driven his career since 1960. He has prominently exhibited in Tallinn, Estonia and St. Petersburg, Russia, and the UK where he participated in Untitled - The UK's Largest Artists Fair. His life in Ivangorod, Russia, where he currently works, was the subject of Kersti Uibo’s 2006 film “Still Life with Wife.”

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