Vasilisa Palianina

"I love working with the human body and discovering new psychological aspects in it through the existing form. But for me, the important thing is not the shape of the body itself, but why it has become the way it is. The story of every person is significant. Sometimes my models are those around me,...

"I love working with the human body and discovering new psychological aspects in it through the existing form. But for me, the important thing is not the shape of the body itself, but why it has become the way it is. The story of every person is significant. Sometimes my models are those around me, acquaintances and close ones, and sometimes just strangers from the Internet with their fascinating experience and stories.
The permanent model in my work is me. I find it important to fix any of my changes in a visual way. Thus, during the period of going through a traumatic experience, the important part of my works were graphic sublimations and psychological self-portraits.
My favorite technique is graphics; I mainly work with pencil and acrylic paints on paper and canvas, and combine them with colored paper or just paint with a simple pencil. I am attached to the classical form of this technique with its simplicity on the one hand and the wide possibility of experimenting on the other. I am also fond of working with linocut and woodcut.
I love to experiment and develop myself in different directions, to add new solutions to the classic technique, like textiles or other materials elements.
Through my work, I want to show the diversity of human feelings, emotions, moods, and states. I would like others to see body and sexuality as part of human nature, not as something forbidden because it is natural and normal. I hope and believe my project will inspire someone to start exploring his or her own personality.
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