Kyiv Metro
15×15 cm, oil on board, 2008, private collection
A few years ago I had an accident: fell down an escalator really bad, with passing out, ambulance, firefighters arriving, all that stuff. Of course ever since I developed a huge phobia about escalators, that is untill I arrived in Kyiv. The metro escalators here are monstrously long and super fast moving. My mom never minded and pushed me on one of these once all in tears but going down nevertheless. Since that I coutiously used the escalators, while stepping behind someone big and steardy looking (in case I decide to fall on them) and I still do this. But now I ride freely, make notes, take pcitures etc. That mom’s big push was a major break in the phobia and really helped in retrospecive.
Check out Masha Shubina’s devoushka paintings at Bereznytsky’s gallery. Her braided backsides are really masterfully done. She made another cool devouska-related project a few years back – Dear Curator, check out the article.
Tags: Kyiv, painting, post-Soviet
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February 17th, 2008 at 12:31 am
Whoa, those are some knockout paintings you linked to. Very well done, but definitely kind of creepy given how many women from the FSU get trafficked into the sex trade.
February 17th, 2008 at 9:42 am
yes, she chose a very pertinent subject matter, and done it really masterfully
February 20th, 2008 at 1:38 am
I’m glad, you did it))) (both thigs))))