A FATALISTIC AND IRONIC APPROACH TO LIFE

The new liberated generation of artists from St. Petersburg unburdened from a necessity to win back the achievements of the avant-garde from the official culture. The artist Gregori Maiofis comes back to 'age-old' staged black and white photography and 'traditional' Russian themes. To produce the images that convey his fatalistic and ironic approach to life, tinged with hope, he needed the environment and knowledge of Mother Russia, oiled with a bit of bribery to certain circus trainers. Enter the Great Russian Bear, the personification of Russia for the last several centuries, onto center stage and into his studio.

[Source: Barbarian Art Gallery]

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