{"id":18965,"date":"2020-11-22T11:50:06","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T11:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kvartiras.com\/?page_id=18965"},"modified":"2020-11-27T17:02:06","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T17:02:06","slug":"dn10","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kvartiras.com\/en\/dn10\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Polushkina"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Maria Polushkina was born in Moscow. She began her artistic journey at Sergei Kazarnovsky\u2019s Klass-Tsentr. She lived and studied in Germany for several years. She graduated from the Faculty of Communication Theory and Mass Media at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin (Free University of Berlin). She has lived in Moscow since 2011. In 2016, she co-authored the book \u201cBetween Us\u201d with poet Anna Arkatova, harmoniously combining Arkatova\u2019s poetry with Polushkina\u2019s paintings.\u00a0In 2022, one of Maria\u2019s paintings will travel to the Moon as part of a joint project by Moon Gallery and the European Space Agency (ESA). The artist\u2019s works are held in private collections in Germany, the Netherlands, France, Israel, Estonia, Latvia, Sweden, Greece, and Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone interprets my painting style very differently. My teacher calls it painterly graphic art or graphic painting. I want to find something between figurative painting and minimalist abstraction. It is important to me to convey emotions, feelings, and atmosphere through simple means. Sometimes it is possible to trace the emotions I was experiencing during a particular period of time,\u201d \u2014<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Maria Polushkina<\/span>.<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Maria Polushkina \"Bottle\", 40\u00d780 cm, canvas, acrylic, 2020, 17,000 rubles. Buy<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Maria Polushkina \"Lights\", 60\u00d780 cm, canvas, acrylic, 2020, 37,000 rubles. Buy<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Long, long ago, bottle mail was used to study ocean currents. Messages in bottles were also sent by sailors whose ships were wrecked. Often a long time would pass before the bottles with their notes were cast up on shore. In the artist\u2019s view, at the moment <\/span>\u2014<\/span> when a bottle was thrown from the ship into the ocean, the people on deck felt that very sense of hope.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The work \u201cLights\u201d tells a story of home warmth and comfort that bring calm and hope. \u201cYou come home late in the evening and, as you approach the house, your eyes always search for your own window. You hope your loved ones are still awake and waiting for you. You hope that here you will find support and a sense of safety. Found it! It\u2019s lit! Joy wells up, and you quicken your step,\u201d \u2014<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Maria Polushkina<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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