"GRAPE, APPLES AND THE CONE OF SURPRISE"  
1993, canvas, relief pastes, golden foil, acrylic, 100x120 cm. The collection of "National Reserve Bank", Moscow

GRAPE, APPLES AND THE CONE OF SURPRISE_author Boris Laurentiev

Turquoise blue bouquet of grape, apples and pomegranates reminds of baroque carving or bas-relief and turns to be quite illusive, vanishing in the greenish-blue background although is imposed to the centre of the composition. The сone of surprise with its clear facets on the contrary brings reality back to the picture. The golden background on the left, covered with turquoise blue glaze, supports the hard plasticity of the сone thus creating some balance of relatively extensional and plane - the real and ephemeral world.