Tokio, Asakusa

About Andrej Barov

Andrej Barov’s Cubist CityscapesThe depiction of reality through art almost inevitably carries the question of what the possibilities of depiction are.  In modern art, the representative character of an image gives way to the medium of its presentation. Colour and form become independent, living their own lives quite independently of the subject, describing a world of inner emotions. Andrej Barov seeks his Tokyo pictures to be understood as a reconstruction of our visual memory. “When you are in Japan, you are surrounded by completely different colours. So much is neon and illuminated, it appears almost psychedelic to our eyes.” The Tokyo of Andrej Barov is one of fragmented… Read more