Premio Combat Prize

Artwork Description: This artwork is a story of Venus, born in our reality of today, inspired by ”The Birth of Venus” by Sandro Botticelli, great painter of Early Renaissance (included as 1st artwork in support). Unlike Venus of Botticelli, which is a very romantic painting, the real world we live in today is far from being romantic. This is why this work is less romantic and more sarcastic. Instead of pastoral sea you’ll find an image of sea on dirty and peeled wall, instead of seashell - a manhole cover, instead of flowers - cigarette butts and alcohol bottles. There’re many other ironic and sarcastic elements which you’re welcome to find...
Biography: I started from classic photography during my travels around the world. In my early photographs I tried to seize the moments and documenting the surrounding world. Today I’m creating my own world of subjective reality with my camera and computer. My artworks are far from classic photography and remind paintings of Renaissance period and at the same time neo-surrealism. Truthful fiction is the basis of my creative style. My artworks don’t reflect the reality as we know it; yet convey a deep and true message. I believe, a fictional work may carry sometimes more truth than documentary work, as best said in the famous phrase ”Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures”. I use allegories as a way to express my understanding of the modern world and talk about what’s really important to me today, sometimes with some sense of irony.