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Vanya Ivan Kazukov

This particular artistic project was born out of the process of creating floral designs for a printed dictionary and were photographed in St. Petersburg.

The art objects that were originally intended for a different environment can seem out of place and disconnected from their current context.
September 2020


The method used to create these objects felt out of place in an urban environment, which detracted from the overall cohesiveness of the project. While the decision to use a profesional camera to capture the cock in an urban environment certainly adds an additional layer of contradiction, the photographs themselves fail to deliver a clear or compelling message contrast between this artistic form and urban environment. The fact that the objects were created in warehouses and communal apartments adds another layer of complexity to their relationship with the urban environment of the 18th century. The shared kitchen in a communal apartment on Blokhina Street, Saint Petersburg, 2020. A head left for storage in the apartment of Font designer Ilya Ruderman Saint Petersburg 2020 These objects works right in both warehouses and apartments like this, especially in the residences of artists and semi-workshops. The apartments themselves carried a genuine and vibrant atmosphere, which resonated within these objects as well.




As with many pieces of art of this artist, this work also highlights the concept of an object being removed from its original context.