The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

150х150, 2022, Canvas, acrylic paint

Do you remember this movie masterpiece by Luis Buñuel?
 Be sure, you have never seen such a table! It is riddled with wormholes which are nothing but configurations of time and space, tunnels that lead to unknown places. Or - they bring new bourgeois gourmets to the table. Their faces have long turned into masks. Like, for example, the face of an elegant gentleman in a top. He has a thousand emoji faces and a special smile for everyone. Or, the face of his attractive neighbor, who has already lost her natural appearance. What for? After all, the head of luxurious golden hair and “want-to-be-kissed” scarlet lips are enough for her career and fame! Or, a rubber ducky with a luxurious bust… 

And on the other side of the screen the audience is watching the story development with laughter and pity. Poor, poor bourgeois of our time! They are sure that this world was created for their pleasure!

DOT_ART_1

150х150, 2022, Canvas, acrylic paint

I have conceived three paintings in this style and already mentally  imagine them under the common theme. The eye as a new way of  looking at the world, art, creativity. The eye as the originating  point, giving rise and development of a further plot.

THE LADY WITH THE DOG. CHEHOV

150х150, 2020, Canvas, acrylic paint

“Freedom requires money as well. I would sit on the deck, crack wine and talk about literature, and - ladies in the evening… ”

This Chekhov's phrase is incredibly close to me. It is as ironic as he was himself! 

"Lady with a dog" tells us the story of adultery, of a holiday fling. This story is as old as our world. Since husbands do not pay enough attention to their beautiful halves, then such a result as in my picture is quite possible. Role-playing games with wine, lines of decency are blurred and totally disappear … Just look at this lady in a floor lamp instead of a headdress, in front of a mic stand! Her pose is unambiguous. And the dog's image cunningly watches the change of roles from the wall.

The piano as the stage of the role-playing game is not accidental. Chekhov and Tchaikovsky were friends. The composer often played the piano, visiting the house of Chekhov. A slight hint, a play on words… Some of us play piano, others play role playing games.

Who is who in this game is up to viewers to decide. 

Erotic dreams

150х150, 2021, Canvas, acrylic paint

Curving as a fanciful shadow, the black cat hid in an armchair. Is it a guide between dreams and reality? Is it a witness of wild passions?. 

The forgotten alarm-clock is overturned. Time stopped. Reality is behind, along with carelessly thrown shoes and the half-finished glass of wine. 

The romantic evening, that began with flowers and romantic kisses in the armchair, gives way to the night of temptations. Bright colors of passion and hot embraces, plexus of bodies and oblivion in the shade of the bedroom.

"Shh, don't wake up!" - whispers the portrait on the wall. "Don't wake up!" - flash the eyes of the cat that protects your dreams . The night goes on...

Does it happen that your animals become accidental witnesses of wild passions?)

ITALY

150х150, 2018, Canvas, acrylic paint

This country is a lively art gallery for me. You can endlessly get  inspiration there. The main point in the picture is Simonetta (“The  Birth of Venus” by Botticelli) and hands. Her hair is a symbol of  love, a loving couple plaited in Italy’s curls. Everything from her  round buttocks to the artifacts on the plate tells us that Italy is  saturated with art. You want to gorge it as much as possible, you  want to devour it with your eyes — and not just that :)

Italian cuisine is one of my most favourite. Da Vinci, Michelangelo,  Bernini, Botticelli act as cooks and their haute cuisine fascinates  and enchants.

Besides Italy is famous for winemaking. There is no Rome without  wine! Wineglass in the shape of Colosseum is a symbol of art and  taking delight in art.

USA

150х150, 2019, Canvas, acrylic paint

Campbell's soup can label and invitingly open thirsty red lips – how  did they happen to be close? The values of modern America and  therefore of all the West are together on the fridge shelf, and  liberty of speech amicably coexists with a hamburger.

The key figure of the picture and the clear caricature of the Statue  of Liberty, the namesake of the current US president who got to  the top due to the slogan «Make America great again» - Disney  character Donald Duck talks standing on the Campbell soapbox  and affirms the American dream priority.

And what is around him? We see unclear outlines and obscure  shadows of food products, goods and other things. They fall into  a shopping basket of average Americans who came just to buy  some milk to flakes. Hundreds and thousands of unnecessary  goods follow necessary ones. They form the basis of modern  American dream and make the whole world to work for its  implementation.

DOT_ART_2

150х150, 2022, Canvas, acrylic paint

I have conceived three paintings in this style and already mentally  imagine them under the common theme. The eye as a new way of  looking at the world, art, creativity. The eye as the originating  point, giving rise and development of a further plot.

ROMEO AND JULIET

150х150, 2023, Canvas, acrylic paint

The story of love, the story of the conflict. 

My same-name work is a declaration of love. Love for Italy and its geniuses. Love for creativity.  And in this  way, I am Romeo, who is in love with the beauty of our world.

But where is Juliet? Here is her profile in the window - the Madonna profile portrayed by great Leonardo. Like a light butterfly, her air kiss flies to beloved Romeo  - the beautiful marble statue of David by Michelangelo. 

But life and art also mean an eternal struggle, a constant conflict. The struggle between the Montagues and the Capulets. The eternal rivalry and confrontation of da Vinci and Michelangelo. The light defeats the shadow. And only Madonna in the window is full of love and expectation. Will her beloved Romeo come? 

For example, along this pedestrian crossing, which symbolizes my creative way.

A cosy chair waits in vain in the cool shade outside the Shakespeare & Co. shop. The store is closed, the siesta invites you to relax. But I have stepped into the unknown and my journey has already begun.

Sveta in CENTRSVET

200х200, 2018, Canvas, acrylic paint

With the exception of works of art, light is perhaps the most valuable component of any modern interior.

The centerpiece of the work is a hand. It controls all the nuances of space, movements, actions and intentions. Even light is not an exception.

Slight movement of the switch button can lit the interior or, on the contrary, create a mysterious twilight, in which it is so pleasant to savor the taste of expensive red wine, to watch aquarium fish gliding – they seemingly had sailed from the painting of Matisse, my favourite artist… And to have a romantic conversation with a wonderful girl. We see her graceful silhouette in the foreground – it is like a line separating light and shadow. This is the main heroine of this work, a girl with the brightest name in the world – Svetlana (lightsome). She gave the name to the painting. She illuminates and inspires all around.

Breakfast on the Grass

150х150, 2022, Canvas, acrylic paint

Why “The Luncheon on the Grass”?

Is it a tribute to the great impressionist Edouard Manet and his famous (and scandalous!) work, originally called "The Bath"? Definitely, it is. And also there is a similar idea, which was, however, expressed completely differently. Let's look at them more closely. My picture is actually a snapshot on the beach, the bright and inviting one, quite ready to get numerous likes on Instagram.

Manet portrayed naked Victorine surrounded by some men, among scattered food, bread and fruit. Is it provocative? Perhaps, yes! But this is a defiance through hint and allegory,

My heroine is offered to viewers much more plainly and openly. This is a ready-made “dish”, appetizing and inviting, hot, ready to eat - if a buyer has money! Judging by the imprint on the femina's smooth hip, she has already been chosen by some connoisseur of female beauty. Distant figures in water that also remind us about the classic "The Luncheon", are also provocative. This is a real romantic triangle and it promises even hotter passions ahead.

DOT_ART_3

150х150, 2023, Canvas, acrylic paint

I have conceived three paintings in this style and already mentally  imagine them under the common theme. The eye as a new way of  looking at the world, art, creativity. The eye as the originating  point, giving rise and development of a further plot.

FEMALE TOYS

150х150, 2023, Canvas, acrylic paint

Male toys, female toys...

All adults are just very big children. 

But what about a girl who became a beautiful and sweet lady? Her toys are of a special kind. Crowds of admirers following on the heels of their muse and mistress. Which toy will this yesterday's girl choose this time? The choice is always hers.

Will it be this boring rich sugar daddy who is looming in the window and tempting her with a diamond ring and his huge bank account? Or a rubber duckling - an oriental gentleman with a glass of red wine that promises hot passions? He seems so cute - but he can also hurt painfully!

Will the “forever young” dancer be suitable for her? She’ll never get bored with him. Life will turn into an abyss of fun with all sorrows and problems drowning in. “To love or not to love...” - the adult girl is telling fortunes using a daisy flower. She is thoughtfully looking at the surface of the water in her bath - scarlet, like wine, where HIS face is guessed in the stains. The perfect man of her dreams!