Talking about himself, Vladimir Arkhangelsky says that he is not a contemporary artist. The painter creates not conceptual, but emotional art.
Biography
The future artist was born in 1971 in Chelyabinsk. He received his secondary school education, then entered the Architectural and Art Academy of the city of Yekaterinburg. In 1995, the young man left here as a certified specialist, and 5 years later he opened his studio in this city. And in 2004 the painter organized his own creative workshop in Moscow.
Vladimir Arkhangelsky is not only an artist, but also an interior designer and decorator.
Career
The artist's first personal exhibition took place in Yekaterinburg within the walls of the Museum of Fine Arts. This was in 2001. Then every year, until 2004, the artist is exhibited in this city, and then - in Moscow. This was followed by a four-year break, when the next exhibition of Vladimir Arkhangelsky took place in the capital.
Creation
Best of all, his paintings tell about the artist. Vladimir Arkhangelsky prefers not to mention what his personal life is, whether he has a wife, whether he is a happy husband. But on the other hand, he is ready to talk about his creative biography endlessly. In October 2019, a private screening of Arkhangelsky's works took place in the restaurant halls of the assembly, which are located in the President Hotel.
Recalling this event, the artist said that the works that he created for 10 years are presented. Vladimir painted them all from nature.
Arkhangelsky said that he prefers to use already familiar people as models. He believes that he will be able to better convey the inner world of a person with whom he has been communicating for a long time. Therefore, it turns out to create the desired image on the canvas.
When commissioned works are offered, he also first gets to know this person in order to study him, to fall in love with some traits of a particular personality, and then reproduce them on canvas. As for the pose, sometimes it appears immediately, but it happens that the artist is looking for the possible position of the sitter for a long time.
Home studio
Vladimir Arkhangelsky prefers to exhibit his works in Moscow on the Arbat. Here he also organized a studio. At first, the artist rented an apartment in Otradnoye. But this area finally disappointed him when unknown persons broke the windows of Vladimir's car twice. Then he decided to buy himself a workshop in a more prestigious area, moved to a studio near Novy Arbat.
It is true that houses and walls help. Having moved to a new home studio, Vladimir Arkhangelsky began to work with a vengeance.
The spacious rooms have enough space to showcase works, create new masterpieces, and receive guests.
Up to a hundred people can come to Arkhangelskoe at the same time, but the artist believes that this is too much. And 40 people fit perfectly in his 80 sq. m. The last works the painter created on linen, which he pulled on stretchers. They are painted in black and white and occupy a significant part of the walls in one of the studio rooms.
