"Wrestle in Solitude" by Anastasia Russa

£4,850.00

TRULY BEAUTIFUL OIL PAINTING  "Wrestle in Solitude" ..............  BY THE SUPER ARTIST ANASTASIA RUSSA

 

  "Wrestle in Solitude" by Anastasia Russa

 

Mixed being, the hybrid of the men and two-headed dragon placed in the purgatorial fire. This fire is all-pervading like apocalyptic fire, it comes through and cleans the air, water and other substances without destroying them.

 

 

 

Currently, my artistic productions are taking inspiration, and narrative form, from mythology.  The meta-narratives, seen in many different ancient mythologies, are the starting point for considering our contemporary ‘mythological’ figures that are found in profusion in the new icons of mass-produced toys, computer-game heroes and social net symbols. 

 

I start by exploring the Lost Paradise myth with all its beauty, violence and liberation.  My next stage is to re-interpret this, along with the classical myths, within the more familiar conceptual ideas of our fast-paced, technological world.

 

​The Gods and Heroes of classical mythology have mutated, and are now embodied in the virtual-reality of computer games.  Others have assumed their new "flesh" in the plastic of commercial toys.

 

​I am contriving hereby an evolution of this subject-matter by inventing my own hybrids, setting them in modern environments or notional situations.  This further feeds into my individual interpretation and representation of modern History Painting.  In recording our own mythological characters, our history is being recorded.

 

My chosen medium is traditional oil painting.  Nevertheless, I also take the opportunity to experiment, to a considerable extent in a modernist way, by mixing different solutions with raw materials.  These create a bold texture that comes to form a defined background, an empty stage for my future figurative paintings.

 

 

Measurements; 78 inches by 55 inches (200 cms x 140 cms) 

Oil on Canvas

 

 

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Anastasia Russa

Currently, my artistic productions are taking inspiration, and narrative form, from mythology.  The meta-narratives, seen in many different ancient mythologies, are the starting point for considering our contemporary ‘mythological’ figures that are found in profusion in the new icons of mass-produced toys, computer-game heroes and social net symbols. 

 

I start by exploring the Lost Paradise myth with all its beauty, violence and liberation.  My next stage is to re-interpret this, along with the classical myths, within the more familiar conceptual ideas of our fast-paced, technological world.

​The Gods and Heroes of classical mythology have mutated, and are now embodied in the virtual-reality of computer games.  Others have assumed their new "flesh" in the plastic of commercial toys.

 

​I am contriving hereby an evolution of this subject-matter by inventing my own hybrids, setting them in modern environments or notional situations.  This further feeds into my individual interpretation and representation of modern History Painting.  In recording our own mythological characters, our history is being recorded.

 

My chosen medium is traditional oil painting.  Nevertheless, I also take the opportunity to experiment, to a considerable extent in a modernist way, by mixing different solutions with raw materials.  These create a bold texture that comes to form a defined background, an empty stage for my future figurative paintings.

 

 

 

 

 

Education:

 

 

1999 -2001 the I.Repin Saint Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.

2001-2005 – Department of Monumental Painting of the V.Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute.

2013-2015 University of the Arts London, MFA in Fine Arts course in Wimbledon College of Art.

 

 

Awards:

 

 

Best Student Prize, EWAAC , London, 2014

Laureate of the XVIII Moscow International Art Contest "Golden Brush" 2008
Laureate of the Youth Premium “TRIUMPH”, Moscow, 2005

 

 

Solo shows:

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2017 - Solo exhibition "Burning the Midnight Oil" ( 19th November - 6th January, St.Catherine's Church, Dollis Hill Lane, NW10 1QB, London) 

2016 - Solo exhibition "Per-Version of the Myth" (Gridchinhall, 9 - 28th of July, Moscow Region) 

2016 - Solo exhibition "Could a critique of contemporary consumerism also function as today’s History Painting?" (Gallery Belyaevo, 6 - 12th of April, Profsousnaya str., 100, Moscow)

2015 - Solo exhibition (2nd - 9th of May, Nude Tin Can gallery, 125 Hatfield Rd, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 4JS)

 

Group exhibitions:

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2017 - Long-listed for Columbia Threadneedle Prize (Mall Galleries, London)

2017 - “As it stands: Unrefined, muted, abandoned”, Open Call (6th - 23th of July, Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson Street, E2 8JD, London)

2017 - Pre-selected for Royal Society of Portrait Painters (Mall Galleries, London)

2016 - "Diffusion" (16th - 27th of November, Barge House, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse street, SE1 9PH, London)

2016 -"Alienation" (27th - 30th of October, 5th Base Gallery, 23 Heneage street, E1 5LG, London)

2016 - Russa, Wolny&Raspollini Art Exhibition (12 of August - 30 of September, Nude Tin Can gallery, 125 Hatfield Rd, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 4JS) 

2016 - RBA Rising Stars 2016 ( Gallery LR Lloyds Register, 11th of February - 11th of March, 71 Fenchurch Street, London EC3M 4BS) 

2015 – “H20: Water Exhibition”, (4th March – 3rd May, Art with a Heart, 82-84 George Street, Altrincham, WA14 1RF)

2015 -«Spring Salon», (2nd April — 12th April, Candid Art Trust, 3-5 Torrents st, Angel, Islington, EC1V 1NQ)2

2015 -«Portrait now», regional stage of the competition ( Erarta museum, St.Petersburg)

2014 - Pre-selected for Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (RA, London)

2014 – RED X MAS, (4th December – 4th January, Studio 1.1, 57a Redchurch Street, Shoreditich London E2 7DJ)

2014 – The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition (13-23 November, Mall Galleries, London, SW1)

2014 – The 6th Passion for Freedom London Art Festival 2014 (Embassy Tea Gallery,195 – 205 Union St, London SE1 0PB)

2014 – The Interim site-responsive exhibition by Wimbledon MFA (The Crypt Gallery, Euston Rd, London NW1 2BA)

2014 – EWAAC 2014 Finalist’s Exhibition (21-25 October, La Galleria, Pall Mall, 30 Royal Opera Arcade, London SW1Y 4UY)

2014 – “Cross-view” art exhibition of two artists – Anastasia Russa and Maria Smol’yaninova (Gallery Open Club, Moscow)

2014 – Art Exhibition “Home Is Where Art Is” (Seven artists from Wimbledon MFA at Chelsea SU exhibition space – Chelsea College of Art)

2014 – Art Exhibition “Inspired by” national art competition launched by the V&A and entrusted to Morley Gallery for 2014 ( 20 May- 19 June , Morley Gallery, 61 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7HT)

2014 – Art Exhibition “Mein Fukushima”, 30 April – 11 May (Die Färberei, Claude-Lorrain-Str. 25, 81543, München), Munich

2014 – Art Exhibition “Encounters” – Friday 21st February 2014 – Thursday 20th March 2014 (BAR Gallery, BAR Lab, 4-5 Queens Parade, Walm Lane, London NW2 5HT)

2013 – Art Exhibition “Space for living, space for creation” (The House of Artist on Kuznetskiy most, 11, Moscow)

2013 – International Video Art Festival «Now&After»

2012 – Performance “Try to fly” (Gallery Open Club, Moscow)

2012 – “Process” art exhibition of two artists – Anastasia Russa and Alexander Mironov (Gallery Open Club, Moscow)

2011 – Art Exhibition “Balloon d’essai” (Museum and Exhibition Centre “Rabochiy i Kolkhoznitsa”)

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Lectures/Artist talks:

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2016 - Artist's slide talk (21th of September, Gallery Open Club, Moscow)

2016 - Artist's slide talk, Art Festival "Art in Interior (20th of June, BoConcept, Ukrainsky boulevard, 6, Moscow)

2015 - 2016 - Serial of lectures on Contemporary Painting (School of Visual Arts, Winzavod, 4th Syromyatnicheskiy lane, 1. bld.6, Moscow)

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Artist-in-Residense:

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Residency in Gridchinhall, Moscow Region, December 2015 - May 2016

Residency Grant at Valparaiso Foundation, Spain, October, 2008

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Publications:

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Art Reveal Magazine, Issue #24, January 2017, 65-69 pages, interview and image of  painting "Michael and a Dragon" on the Cover Page,  ISBN: 9781366447302

Russian Gap Magazine, Issue #9, March 2017, 65-67 pages, image of painting "Michael portrait" is on the Cover page,  ISSN: 2058 - 1610

Russian Gap Magazine, Issue #1, March 2015, 20-25 pages, ISSN: 2058 - 1610

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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