Nikita Rodin. Stupid pictures with long titles 0+

Gallery "Malevich Street", 3rd floor.

“A little Kharms, a little Borges, a little Khlebnikov” - the young artist preferred to immerse himself in historical processes not with a mournful face, but with laughter and antics. He will present ironic works of different series at his solo exhibition in Artmuse.

The graphic artist Nikita Rodin belongs to that cohort of creators who began their journey into art in spite of. The author failed the entrance exams for the Faculty of History, graduated from the Department of Ontology and Theory of Knowledge of the Philosophical Faculty of St. Petersburg State University, and now works at the Russian State Hydrometeorological University. And only at work he became seriously interested in graphics, finding photographic paper and wooden photo frames in the bins of decommissioned materials. Visually, his style can be understood by turning to sources of inspiration - for Nikita, these were old notebooks, scribbled under a boring conversation, drawings on wallpaper in communal apartments, keeping the autographs of countless tenants. Without a doubt, these essays organically store stories - Nikita uses a similar method to talk about events that are more global, textbook,

“Here I come up with the principle of an experienced liar: if you lie, then, firstly, it should be smooth, and secondly, keep a balance between truth and lies. Therefore, there are real-life personalities in real-life places, but in imaginary situations.” Some of the presented works were created in a stream and are not related to each other, others are united by an idea that serves as a starting point. The series "Victory of Russian Arms" and "Defeat of Russian Diplomacy" are exhibited together, showing the wide and small spill of the author’s mind on the currently acute topic of manipulating history. The series "Typical St. Petersburg situations" - sketches from the life of his native city, from the battle of animators to the posing empress. "Pskopskoye" is a fervent coverage of the role of key figures in the Pskov contribution to Russian history - Alexander Nevsky, Pushkin, Lenin.