The last day of Pompeii
installation of 23 prints
monotype
Istanbul, Turkey
2023
The more I do bodily practices (somatics, dances and performance) and have the opportunity to look at myself from the outside, the more I am convinced that I am a drama queen. The tilted chin, the ecstatic postures, the twisted arms, the tense fingers. So many emotions have accumulated in my little body for its little history!
Here are my freely interpreted portraits of characters in "The Last Day of Pompeii" by the Russian classical painter Karl Bryullov. I decided to reproduce them, as a reaction to the Russian ban on expressing not only my position, but also emotions that do not correspond to the official course of our state. While I was working on the series, the news about a complaint to the Ministry of Culture about one of the most popular state museums - the Tretyakov Gallery - appeared. A certain Shadrin "experienced deep pessimism, a feeling of emptiness and hopelessness" because the halls of the gallery "contain works with signs of destructive ideology". "Destructive" art allegedly contradicts the presidential decree "On Approval of the Principles of State Policy to Preserve and Strengthen Traditional Russian Spiritual and Moral Values," signed November 9, 2022. Shadrin, of course, visited the department of the gallery with the art of the 20th century, and not the 19th. But what if in the future, and Bryullov will be considered responsible for the feelings of the viewer?
The sheets are made using diatype (monotype form), a simple hand-printing technique. Printed graphics I chose because it "mirrors" the image, creating a confusion of perception: "Where are the characters' feelings and where are my feelings?". Feeling the disaster not as an accident, but as something that lasts, I look for ways to cope with it in my art...
The earthquakes in Turkey were the last day for tens of thousands of people and I certainly see a monstrous coincidence with the theme of my series. It may seem ethically sedition. But let's remove the plot and give space to experience the horror that unites us all.t intelligence.
installation of 23 prints
monotype
Istanbul, Turkey
2023
The more I do bodily practices (somatics, dances and performance) and have the opportunity to look at myself from the outside, the more I am convinced that I am a drama queen. The tilted chin, the ecstatic postures, the twisted arms, the tense fingers. So many emotions have accumulated in my little body for its little history!
Here are my freely interpreted portraits of characters in "The Last Day of Pompeii" by the Russian classical painter Karl Bryullov. I decided to reproduce them, as a reaction to the Russian ban on expressing not only my position, but also emotions that do not correspond to the official course of our state. While I was working on the series, the news about a complaint to the Ministry of Culture about one of the most popular state museums - the Tretyakov Gallery - appeared. A certain Shadrin "experienced deep pessimism, a feeling of emptiness and hopelessness" because the halls of the gallery "contain works with signs of destructive ideology". "Destructive" art allegedly contradicts the presidential decree "On Approval of the Principles of State Policy to Preserve and Strengthen Traditional Russian Spiritual and Moral Values," signed November 9, 2022. Shadrin, of course, visited the department of the gallery with the art of the 20th century, and not the 19th. But what if in the future, and Bryullov will be considered responsible for the feelings of the viewer?
The sheets are made using diatype (monotype form), a simple hand-printing technique. Printed graphics I chose because it "mirrors" the image, creating a confusion of perception: "Where are the characters' feelings and where are my feelings?". Feeling the disaster not as an accident, but as something that lasts, I look for ways to cope with it in my art...
The earthquakes in Turkey were the last day for tens of thousands of people and I certainly see a monstrous coincidence with the theme of my series. It may seem ethically sedition. But let's remove the plot and give space to experience the horror that unites us all.t intelligence.
The last day of Pompeii
installation of 23 prints
monotype
Istanbul, Turkey
2023
The more I do bodily practices (somatics, dances and performance) and have the opportunity to look at myself from the outside, the more I am convinced that I am a drama queen. The tilted chin, the ecstatic postures, the twisted arms, the tense fingers. So many emotions have accumulated in my little body for its little history!
Here are my freely interpreted portraits of characters in "The Last Day of Pompeii" by the Russian classical painter Karl Bryullov. I decided to reproduce them, as a reaction to the Russian ban on expressing not only my position, but also emotions that do not correspond to the official course of our state. While I was working on the series, the news about a complaint to the Ministry of Culture about one of the most popular state museums - the Tretyakov Gallery - appeared. A certain Shadrin "experienced deep pessimism, a feeling of emptiness and hopelessness" because the halls of the gallery "contain works with signs of destructive ideology". "Destructive" art allegedly contradicts the presidential decree "On Approval of the Principles of State Policy to Preserve and Strengthen Traditional Russian Spiritual and Moral Values," signed November 9, 2022. Shadrin, of course, visited the department of the gallery with the art of the 20th century, and not the 19th. But what if in the future, and Bryullov will be considered responsible for the feelings of the viewer?
The sheets are made using diatype (monotype form), a simple hand-printing technique. Printed graphics I chose because it "mirrors" the image, creating a confusion of perception: "Where are the characters' feelings and where are my feelings?". Feeling the disaster not as an accident, but as something that lasts, I look for ways to cope with it in my art...
The earthquakes in Turkey were the last day for tens of thousands of people and I certainly see a monstrous coincidence with the theme of my series. It may seem ethically sedition. But let's remove the plot and give space to experience the horror that unites us all.t intelligence.
installation of 23 prints
monotype
Istanbul, Turkey
2023
The more I do bodily practices (somatics, dances and performance) and have the opportunity to look at myself from the outside, the more I am convinced that I am a drama queen. The tilted chin, the ecstatic postures, the twisted arms, the tense fingers. So many emotions have accumulated in my little body for its little history!
Here are my freely interpreted portraits of characters in "The Last Day of Pompeii" by the Russian classical painter Karl Bryullov. I decided to reproduce them, as a reaction to the Russian ban on expressing not only my position, but also emotions that do not correspond to the official course of our state. While I was working on the series, the news about a complaint to the Ministry of Culture about one of the most popular state museums - the Tretyakov Gallery - appeared. A certain Shadrin "experienced deep pessimism, a feeling of emptiness and hopelessness" because the halls of the gallery "contain works with signs of destructive ideology". "Destructive" art allegedly contradicts the presidential decree "On Approval of the Principles of State Policy to Preserve and Strengthen Traditional Russian Spiritual and Moral Values," signed November 9, 2022. Shadrin, of course, visited the department of the gallery with the art of the 20th century, and not the 19th. But what if in the future, and Bryullov will be considered responsible for the feelings of the viewer?
The sheets are made using diatype (monotype form), a simple hand-printing technique. Printed graphics I chose because it "mirrors" the image, creating a confusion of perception: "Where are the characters' feelings and where are my feelings?". Feeling the disaster not as an accident, but as something that lasts, I look for ways to cope with it in my art...
The earthquakes in Turkey were the last day for tens of thousands of people and I certainly see a monstrous coincidence with the theme of my series. It may seem ethically sedition. But let's remove the plot and give space to experience the horror that unites us all.t intelligence.
last day of pompeii 1833
Carl Bryullov
The State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg
Carl Bryullov
The State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg
