Exhibition "Basic Reality" by Anastasia Kuznetsova-Ruf. 18+

The exhibition "Basic Reality" in the Erarta Museum reveals a special vision of the world of Anastasia Kuznetsova-Ruf - a version of the artist’s personal reality, in the center of which is a woman and children, and on the periphery - airplanes, airports and other successive signs of modern life.

The author works in a unique technique of virion painting. Anastasia uses, as a rule, no more than two art materials - charcoal or charcoal pencil and one color of tempera or acrylic, creating an unusual gray-silver fabric of painting, pierced by almost invisible light.

In her perfectionist manner of performance, both nostalgia for perfection, the psychophysical reality of a woman in society, and the exact recognition of the elements of reality are read. The artist simultaneously resides in two dimensions at once - both in the current moment and in absolute time, thereby emphasizing the continuity of life and the interdependence of all its components: from the stem of the plant to the newly born baby.

About the author:

Anastasia Kuznetsova-Ruf is a participant in many exhibitions in Moscow, Riga, Stockholm, Uppsala, Rotterdam, Berlin and other cities. Some of her works were exhibited at the Russian Museum. For the first time in St. Petersburg, Erarta Museum of Modern Art presents the artist’s work in the form of a personal exhibition.

Anastasia three times became a scholarship holder of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. In 2013, she won the IV international portrait contest PORTRAIT NOW! (PORTRÆT NU!) - Brewer JC Jacobsen’s Portrait Award. She took 2nd place and became the first artist from Russia to receive this award. Anastasia is in the top 100 recognized authors according to the InArt project, in the “Best Contemporary Artists of Russia” rating according to ARTEEX, as well as in the “Like” folk art rating (project of the Russian art investment rating 49ART).