WALLS

The WALLS exhibition, presented in the most democratic of art spaces—beneath the roof of the Market on Leninsky—brings together works by two street artists, Alesya FO_OBJECTS and DMITRIY DASTEO. For both artists, the urban environment and its social, communicative, and public life, as well as spaces away from home, travel, and movement, serve as sources of inspiration and visual reflection. 

About the participants: 

Alesya FO_OBJECTS

A contemporary artist from St Petersburg, she began her creative journey as a teenager, producing illustrations for a local newspaper. She studied at the E. N. Ivanov Art Studio, where she learned the fundamentals of painting, graphic art, and composition; was selected by the Union of Artists of Russia for the Novoe Vremya competition; and took part in an art residency in Solnechnogorsk. Her art offers a distinctive perspective on the urban landscape: everything in her paintings is vivid and sharply contrasted, making them the antithesis of the grey, crowded city. They do not call for merriment, but they compel us to stay alert. For Alesya, who works under a pseudonym, an atmosphere of safety is essential. “The world I depict is filled with flowing lines, soft shapes, and amorphous clouds. Of the techniques I work with, acrylic is the one I use most often, but paper collage holds a special place in my practice.”