A young
artist, a Moscow State Academy of Printing graduate, was invited
to Prague to show his illustrations to Pushkin's "Boris Godunov.
The lithographic illustrations and the text of Pushkin's tragedy
act as a single whole which attributes to Ivan Loukianov's high
professionalism when particular technical problems are easily
solved without restraining the artist's creativity. A rare artist
possesses such a composite thinking, such a unique skill to
build the book as one piece.
Among
many works that one can find in "Russian Galleries" in Prague,
Ivan Lukianov's stand out as criteria in artistry and professionalism…they
are the works that should represent Russian Art.
 "Iskusstvo"
newspaper #2(242), January 16-31, 2002 "Zapechatlennoje vremya.
Tak nazval svoju vystavky Ivan Loukianov" ("Rendered Time" - This
is How Ivan Loukianov
Called His Exhibition"). V. Petrov Stromsky:
Among the best recent
works I would name pictorial compositions - subtle ornamental
and rhythmic stylizations of European landscape themes. These
paintings are obviously based on personal impressions that incarnate
live landscape themes each shown through the prism of an artist's
memory of his own country art. Such are the reflections about
Vermeer in the "France Hals Street" landscape.
Ivan Loukianov
has fully mastered many graphics and painting techniques as well
as various compositional expression methods. He is by all means
an artist who has an impeccable taste. He's facing substantial
goals, and he is sure to produce significant works of art.
"Dekorativnoe
iskusstvo",
newspaer #4, 2001. "Zapechatlennoje vremya Ivana Loukianova" "Ivan
Loukianov's Rendered Time":
One may consider Loukianov's
lithographs as free compositions based on the themes of great
works. The artist's position is reflected in his modesty, independence
and honesty (we should note that at his personal exhibition in
Prague, the capital of graphical art, a professor of The Prague
Academy of Art said he had never seen such books since 1930).
The artist's success lies in the exceptional expressiveness of
his characters that at the same time greatly appeal by their dynamics.
"Tsarskaya Duma" ("The Tzar's Duma") leaves a funny impression
of a collage in the traditions of Russian print which at the same
time can be regarded as a Russian epic, a folk song or even Russian
church frescos of the times when a colorful palette reflected
the vivid picture of the world that existed in the minds of people.
It is perhaps this spirit that characterizes the style of his
illustrations.
Judging by his exhibition,
Loukianov is mastering the language of the Russian icon that represents
an aesthetic system of expressive composition techniques bound
with a distinct meaning. One can feel the artist is interested
in the inner world of the icon and is eager to understand it from
the modern point of view. This opens great possibilities and perspectives
for any artist. "UNOR" Prague-9, February 9-27, 1998. Ivan Loukianov's
exhibition. Ivan Loukianov is an artist who works with printing
graphics and designs books. His talent is reflected by his ability
to show ancient things in modern style. He is capable of bringing
the shape and the substance of a book in one whole unit.
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