Yes, RGB technology did not allow for finer color adjustment, did not give saturated shades. And then I started doing optical experiments with light in order to find a pure spectrum. You have probably paid attention to pure colors in the rainbow spectrum. The breakdown of light into a spectrum can be made controllable! And the search for this opportunity did not give me rest for a long time. Several years of persistent experiments with optics allowed me to move on to painting with spectral rays. Well, pretty much like unwrapping a rainbow of colored rays and using them as paints on a palette! I am not limited by the plane and frame of the picture – the rays of my works transform the whole space. They move, intertwine, forming new shades, emphasizing the texture of surfaces and creating a whimsical play of shadows.
What I do is not the result of random experiences, it is a synthesis of philosophy and painting. It is the result of observing the real play of light in nature and in urban space. In the rays of sunrise and sunset, in the reflections of the sun’s brilliance on the water, in the stained glass of the foliage of the trees, in the sun entering the room in the morning. The geometry of these phenomena led me to another direction in my work – in 2022 I created a collection of lightweight polyhedra. The particular value of which is in the unique pattern of shadows that transform space.
I create light installations both as independent objects and as light decoration for various spaces, including outdoor spaces. And here I act not only as an artist, but also as a designer and engineer. Now, for example, I am working on a lighting design project for one of the theaters in Moscow. Light polyhedrons – an ever-expanding collection. I create them to order and I implement models already created in small series. This direction is easy to find under the brand “Mikhail Dyachkov’s Workshop of Light”. Painting in the traditional form is for me also the most important and valuable process. But I mostly paint in watercolour, because I think this technique is closest to light art.
I was trained in art in the 90s. And even then I fully understood that without modern technologies you can’t get anywhere in creativity, even if we weren’t taught it. Yet 100 years ago, artists were creating, it seems, a century ahead of their time, and capturing every innovation on the fly. Imagine, at the beginning of the 20th century, the age of electric light was just beginning, and Scriabin was already writing light music! So how can you stand apart now with such incredible technological opportunities?
I invite everyone to the festival of landscape objects “Archstoyanie”, which, as always, takes place at the end of July in the Nikola-Lenivets art park. There will be my new outdoor installation – “Solar Kaleidoscope”.
