Young Russian Artists: The Rite of Spring

Just as fairy tales grow as a profanation of the sacred world of myth, Pasmur Rachuiko’s heroes become the carriers of a new folklore and at the same time, of a decolonialised poignancy. Those who have been ousted are shown here, cut from the forced civility of Russia’s everyday life, as a political gesture heralding the transfer of power through art. The heroes of Rachuiko’s “fairy tales” look down on us like saints in icons, their poses reminiscent of both great masters from the Renaissance and social media photos. With his arrogant claim to high art, his incredible impudence in equating the “base” with the “eternal,” the self-taught artist can’t fail to contaminate us with his intensity.

"Pasmur Rachuiko has been painting since 2012, using a subjectivist pantheon of symbolic characters and pop culture memes, among which self-portraits occupy a key position, placed in the context of issues surrounding gender and social and national identification.” - Anastasiya Vepreva, critic.

Accolades
Exhibitions: DAO DAG: Contemporary Art Drom Dagestan, LUDA Gallery, St. Petersburg, 2015. Brewhouse “Self Portraits,” Brewhouse Contemporary Art Centre, Moscow, 2016. Brighter Days Are Coming, Street Art Museum, St. Petersburg, 2017. R(ostov)E(xhibition) 2, MAKARONKA Art Centre, Rostov-on-Don, Russia, 2018. Street Art Wonderland, Street Art Museum, St. Petersburg, 2018. NRThX, MAKARONKA Art Centre, Rostov-on-Don, Russia, 2018. CHERRY NOON & FREEEE, MAKARONKA Art Centre, Rostov-on-Don Russia, 2019. Pure Sound of Clay Whistle, TYPOGRAPHY Art Centre,  Krasnodar Russia, 2019. INVITED BY, Solyanka Gallery, Moscow Russia, 2019.

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