Vania

Vania Zouravliov's paintings bring together ornamental elements of old Russian masters and modern Japanese visual culture. Virtuously, the young Russian creates an intense emotional universe full of innocence, brutality, beauty and decay. Vania Zouravliov's surreal-morbid images explore innocence, brutality, beauty and decay in artful visual language. It is also influenced by the romantic folklore of ancient Russian masters as well as Japanese illustration. The drawings by the exceptional artist in this book show beautiful, delicate women and girls in emotionally charged situations. The slightly nostalgic, intense emotional mood of the work may be related to the Russian origin of the artist. It can also be traced back to the metaphor of Russian silent films, arthouse productions as well as splatter and zombie movies. In his paintings Vania Zouravliov creates a synthesis of the ornamentation of Russian masters and elements of modern Japanese visual culture. This book makes the superbly designed Panoptikum one of the most extraordinary young draftsmen of our time accessible.