Roman Manikhin is a Berlin-based interdisciplinary artist inviting us to his world of colourful celebration of life and freedom.
His work explores the connections between the present and memories of the past. There is a place in his work for humour, mystery and love of loved ones. Roman explores the connections of time in the context of my relationships with loved ones - parents, children and dogs. Artists wonder - is life really as we perceive it to be, or is it all just our imagination? Believing that everything in the world is interconnected, he tries to speak the language of simple forms and images in an accessible language. His work touches ironically on folk traditions and myths, themes of origin and cultural peculiarities.
The material Roman uses in his work (wood) is his guide to the worlds of the past and the future. The artist mostly works with wood that is found in the city, used and no longer needed by anyone. This is his way of reducing the impact on the surrounding nature. At the moment of working, Roman unconsciously connects with the nature of the tree he is working with, feels its peculiarities, its origin, its race. Every tree is unique. A pine is not like a birch, and a birch is not like a fir. The artist’s paintings are on display at the museum Art4 and in private collections in Germany, Italy, Denmark, Sweden and the USA
