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Djordje
Prudnikoff
Yugoslavian
Painter and Designer
When
Djordje Prudnikoff made a request that a page about his artwork would be
created and published in THE
SECRETS OF PERFECTION, I was kindly wonder struck, because a few years
ago noticed this artist on the Web and supposed that probably he is one
of par excellence world's artists living now. The
journal has grown if such
notabilities knock at our email box.
Son of a Serbian woman
and a Russian man Djordje Prudnikoff (b. 1939) studied art at Belgrade
academies of Fine Arts and of Applied Arts, lucubrated industrial design
in Vienna. Very soon the artist distinguished himself as a gifted designer
and even he was awarded many prizes: Djordje won the ''Oscar''in 1969 in
Germany, the 1st prize at an international contest, was granted a reward
with 3 months scholarship from Milan in 1968. Later his projects represented
Italian furniture design in exhibitions in many European metropolises.
In 1975 Djordje Prudnikoff started to paint. As
we see Djordje Prudnikoff is born under a lucky star. However, who can
imagine that such gifted man is so alone, castaway and insulted about what
the facts speak: his art works were exhibited under an assumed name in
Italy, because in the mean time some thief lived in Milan with a fake passport
on Djordje Prudnikoff's name; steady snub of his painting by Yugoslavian
art critics; falling a prey to clash of opinions of politicians -- the
judicial bodies of Belgrade even turned out him of his parents' flat; last
five years he can not work in area of art. What is affliction when the
artist says: "I am looking for a country which would accept me since my
own doesn't need me!"
Short
analysis of the pictures As
we saw from earlier research some painters who bring experience to painting
from other art realms have
especial fascination that comes down in another understanding of structure,
rhythm and brushwork than traditional. As examples are our earlier guests:
Magda Francot from monumental painting studies, Ezmar Kiknavelidze an architect,
Ivo Perelman a musician (see
Gallery).
Usage of rational creative
methods, taking geometrical shapes for basis of composition, going from
logical aftermath of thorough research in design is quite in character
for Djordje Prudnikoff's painting. After short analysis I established that
the skilled arrangement of parts of picture Djordje achieves using proportions
of whole numbers. Earlier I concluded that Leonardo da Vinci's pictures
also can be drawn into simplest grids of equal rectangles (see the
article).
Prudnikoff's portrait Tesla can be drawn into rectangles' grid with
sides divided into 20 equal parts (Fig. A), Tito 2 into rectangles'
grid with 14 divisions (Fig. B). He keeps also the antique principle of
diagonals and perpendiculars (Fig. A and Fig. B).This
means that Djordje creates different proportional system for every his
art work and embodies it to perfection.
Fig. A Portrait Tesla
with rectangles' grid whose sides divided into 20 equal parts. Fig. B Portrait Tito
2
with rectangles' grid whose sides divided into 14 equal parts. Research of directional
stars of a few his pictures (Fig. C). If earlier I concluded that concrete
directional star with small number of beams is characteristic for all creative
work of concrete artist (see article),
in case of Prudnikoff by contraries. Every his picture has the directional
star which has no coincident beams with directional stars of other his
pictures. This fact means that determinative is format of picture, and
arranging of picture components' sizes is Fig. C. Directional stars of pictures:
The
artist calls his idealistic method decoration of reality, creation of
illusory world with untouchable or unreachable beauty which exists only
with painters. The
author illuminates only certain objects: background becomes abstract, forms
clear without impressionistic noise. He compares himself with a geography
teacher who shows us with his stick some important places on the map. The
lights occupy about 4% of all area of his pictures and of themselves they
become an expensive object of the value. They give meaning of hope and
magic importance.
People
of his pictures always nice and thoughtful. They joy of simple happiness
of human being like motherhood, love -- the things that were the objects
of inspiration of poets of all times. Beside formalistic attitude Djordje
Prudnikoff decidedly is a gifted portraitist. In the question: How difficult
is to paint a character? Prudnikoff answered: It is very difficult,
but either you are born to do it or not... either you are interested in
it or not. Yes, he is born to paint people.
After
short analysis we see that the artist's compositional principles are not
trick. The simpler rule for creation of complicated
forms the more perfect piece of art. Prudnikoff's ability to carry through
the fundamental of design to the art of painting and to get effect that
is congruous with ideal are most fascinating. Such
artists never die.
Jurate Macnoriute
Djordje
Prudnikoff's picture
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