Andrey Savrov

Year of birth: 1969.
Your education: No formal artistic education.
Describe your art in three words: Transformation of associative images.
Your discipline: Graphics, sculpture, jewelry art, painting, caricature.
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Your work reflects a deep connection to natural materials like bronze, stone, and wood. How do these materials influence your artistic process and your emotional connection to each piece?

Any material has its own energetic potential, and if one can connect this energy with their thoughts and images, the person who views the piece will experience the corresponding emotions.

The combination of absurd and surreal images seems to challenge traditional perceptions. How do you decide which themes to explore through these surreal forms, and what messages do you hope to convey?

Themes can be completely different. The main thing is to express one’s attitude toward events and be heard. Surrealism allows for interaction with the subconscious and visualizing what is difficult to express with words. I often choose images that may seem absurd because they help challenge established logical interpretations. Ultimately, I hope to push the viewer toward rethinking familiar concepts of the world and oneself.

Andrey Savrov | Fantazy | 2022

You mention the influence of philosophers and psychologists such as Freud and Nietzsche in your work. Can you explain how these ideas manifest in your sculptures and paintings?

They can give a kind of push to create associative images. Associative thinking, along with images free from social dogmas, forms the main driving force behind both my paintings and sculptures. It doesn’t matter how the created work is understood; as a rule, the understanding comes much later. I agree more with the ancient Greeks, for whom attraction was the main motive, and the object that was ennobled by this attraction was of secondary importance. In my works, I try to visualize inner conflicts and dualities, creating forms and compositions that may evoke unexpected emotions and reflections in the viewer. I try to reflect the inner struggle in the dynamics of forms and textures. Philosophical and psychological concepts act as a catalyst that helps me understand and explore the human experience more deeply.

Your art appears to invite viewers to reflect on their own perceptions and fears. How do you want your audience to feel when engaging with your work?

With interest, and that is the most important for me. I believe that if a person stops to look at the work and examines it for a long time, that is already a sign that the work has succeeded.

Andrey Savrov | Leopard | 2018

How does your background in jewelry design shape the way you approach sculpting and working with other mediums like stone and wood?

For me, these things are inseparable. Working with jewelry, I learned to appreciate the small elements that can have a significant impact on the overall perception of the artwork.

Your works seem to be a celebration of life in all its forms, even if they explore tragic or uncomfortable themes. How do you maintain this balance of light and darkness in your art?

This balance cannot be broken – it is around us and inside us, and that is wonderful! Because it is precisely this that makes art multilayered and alive. In every tragedy, one can find a spark of life, and even in the brightest situation, shadows can hide. This dynamic allows for a deeper understanding of existence.

Andrey Savrov | Tiago | 2023

In your statement, you mentioned that art is not just a process, but a path of understanding oneself. How has your artistic journey helped you discover new aspects of your own identity?

Art is a living flow, and my happiness is to feel myself in it. It is an eternal movement and growth, even when it seems that it is not. Of course, the creative impulse is directly linked to the subconscious desire to materialize one’s fantasies. In the end, the effort put into an art object helps not to go crazy during the process of creation. Accepting the world as it is, in my opinion, is the most valuable therapeutic effect of creativity. The state of creative excitement is similar to sexual excitement – it either exists or it doesn’t.