Episode III
Monotype on Paper
20x14in
France
Igor Baranov is a painter and printmaker with a deep academic background, including an MFA from the Saint Petersburg Fine Arts Academy and a prolific teaching career across Europe. He masterfully employs figurative language, blending diverse painting and graphic techniques to construct ambiguous spatial atmospheres where shifting symbols evoke ever-changing meanings. His work gracefully explores themes of time, memory, and illusion, powerfully inviting viewers to sense the fleeting, irreplaceable essence of each moment.