EQUINOX

Direction.

[​Oil on canvas], 108x67, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

This is one of the earliest works, was created during the period of communication with the artist Oscar Rabin, whose influence is very noticeable and lies in the gloomy reality and gray-brown color, which Rukhin adopted from his mentor. The “Wall” became a kind of mockery of decorativeness and elegance - the dogmas of the official art of the Soviet period. The artist depicted a section of the wall that can be found in every entrance of every city in the USSR and later in Russia. In this work, Rukhin is just groping for his further artistic path; Subsequently, the rough forms characteristic of his work, everyday motives, and a craving for non-classical materials begin to be written out. I was particularly interested in this piece because  this picture broadcasts a very significant period of time when everyone had paper phone books, but they were not always at hand and there was no other place to record such important information as the number of another lover as a wall. In such a small section of the wall, there is a story of several falls in love and disappointments. This picture can be considered a symbol of teenage love of the 80s. Are the any such kind of symbols of model reality? What traces of youth love can be found now? Is that possible to build personal style and identity just by drawing your personal interest objects and findings?

Gloomy reality, non-classical materials, everyday motives.

musings on november

― Donald Miller, Holly Warburton, L. M. Montgomery, E. M. Forster, Anne Sexton, Kaye Donachie, Anne Sexton, Emilio Hernandez Martin, Maggie Stiefvater, Nina MacLaughlin (The Paris Review)

These are reimagined Tarot cards that were designed and illustrated in collaboration with Superflux Studio with a contemporary 21st century twist to the Major Arcana. ♥️⚔️♠️ Each card has been reinterpreted and reimagined using the same ancient archetypes and symbolic mythology but shaped as a toolkit to understand and explore our new normal : the world of tech-saturated late capitalism.