Luminescence

In 1925, at the first exhibition of the OST, the painter I. Kudriashov presented two series of paintings: the Construction of Straight Line Movement and the Construction of Curvilinear Movement. These works do not correspond to the program of this association, which advocated a return to figurativeness in the depiction of contemporary subjects. Their relevance lay elsewhere. They were inspired by an unlimited faith in the possibilities of scientific technical development and proclaimed the greatness of scientific knowledge. As in C. Redko, A. Labas, M. Plaxin, the subjects of his paintings were dictated by scientific thought. Kudriashov's acquaintance with the scientist-researcher K. E. Tsiolkovsky - the father of Russian aeronautics - was decisive for the enthusiasm with which he approached the idea of space flight. He believed in their potential, and therefore tried, by means of abstract painting, to express the various forms of motion in the vastness of space and to convey their dynamics. Kudriashov tried to theoretically document his painting constructions: "Working in non-objective painting, I came to some concrete conclusions that go beyond the limits of the painters' laboratory work. My painting ceases to be an abstract chromatic/morphological construction and becomes a realistic expression of the contemporary perception of space. This is one of the most fundamental issues of visual art. If we don't take it into account, we cannot construct a contemporary painting. With the transition of art to realism and objectivity, non-objective painting begins to perceive space as content and form. The painting of space - the synthetic perception - is rendered as a space shot. Therefore, the expression of this perception will give the painting form that will demonstrate the limitlessness of the space world and form a new synthetic sense in painting. Space, volume, density and light - as well as material reality - constitute the essential innovation, the one that space painting applies today. The cosmic form, as the artist creates it by intuition, is analogous to the scientific conception of the universe."