After the second “Sednev” we were given the opportunity to hold an exhibition at the National Museum. It was an acknowledgment that Sednev had become a phenomenon. There was a huge exposition at the National Museum, for which we were allocated three halls on the second floor. This was important because the works were very large-format, simply enormous. I used to say that if you hang a pure canvas measuring 1.5 x 1.5 m on the wall, it will just be a pure white canvas. But if you take a pure five-meter canvas, then it is already a concept (laughs — author’s note). A canvas of this size already works monologically. This was a very important experiment related to the sizes of painting, to how it works. And of course, the energy of such a canvas is powerful. And the guys worked productively — for example, Oleg Holosiy or Pasha Kerestey could make 2-3 large canvases overnight. After the second plein air, there was a certain pause. Something was wrong, everyone started repeating themselves. There was a feeling that everything stopped and was not moving forward. We decided to skip the 90th year, and hold the third Sednev plein air already in 91.Comment type: Published comment
Author: Tiberiy Silvashi
Bibliography:
Platonova A. Tiberiy Silvashi: “A pure canvas 1.5 x 1.5 m on the wall is just a pure white canvas, and a five-meter one is already a concept” [Electronic resource] / Anastasia Platonova // ART Ukraine. – 2014. – Access mode to the resource: http://artukraine.com.ua/a/tiberiy-silvashi–chistyy-kholst-15-kh-15-m-na-stene–prosto-chistyy-belyy-kholst-a-pyatimetrovyy–eto-uzhe-koncepciya/#.V3bfrbiLQhc.
