Elena Zaprudskikh is an artist whose works reflect the life of rural Russia. If there’s satire, it’s kind-hearted. Here’s the first painting with chefs called “I want Tom Yum.” Isn’t it wonderful? And the painting with a cake labeled “35” and the caption “When will you move out?!” is also wonderful.
Until recently, Elena worked as a flight attendant and traveled a lot across the country – to “God-forsaken towns,” where she nevertheless found expressive subjects for her paintings.
The artist’s works are a kind of journey across the vast country, where along the way you will definitely encounter a village shop with old accounts and Soviet scales, swans made from car tires near the entrances, a clothing market with cardboard cutouts for trying on trendy novelties, grandmothers in colorful robes guarding the order, and a kiosk named “Alcopolis” against the backdrop of a mural calling you to the discipl,” “& discipline,””& discipline,” discipline,””& calling you to the deceityour baptized by the vitalicus.”stars.
Isn’t it great when artists have a healthy sense of humor? Unfortunately, though, such humorists don’t last long in Russia. I wish Elena all the brightest and kindest!
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