Young Russian Artists: The Rite of Spring

“Ver Sacrum" is the name of a decadent magazine that was published in Vienna — the title was taken from Ancient Italian and Roman rites dedicated to spring. It’s thought that Stravinsky may have been inspired by the magazine. 

“I used a symmetric heraldic hieratic composition mixed with surrealistic carnivalistic shaping of details and character. Ancient embroidery techniques feel like an adequate medium for the topic of this work.” - Rodion Kitaev, 2021.

Accolades
Education: Moscow Academic Art Lyceum, Russian Academy of Arts. Ivan Fedorov Moscow State University of Printing Arts
Solo exhibitions:The island is full of sounds, House of Culture “Make Culture,” 2019. Red Color Constructor, “Union of Printers” Bookstore, 2021. Quiet Week at Home, media center on Argunovskaya Street, 2021.
Group exhibitions: FORUM BASEL, parallel program Art Basel, Switzerland, 2017. Biennale San Sebastian 6, Spain, 2018. SPB-2103, Russia, 2018. 2a Bienal Internacional de Arquitetura de São Paulo, Brazil, 2019. We will hang the portrait here, Here Gallery, Moscow,  2020. Basel 2050, S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum, Switzerland, 2020. Cosmoscow, Russia, 2020. Break 15 minutes, Museum of Arts and Crafts and Folk Art,  Russia, 2020. Discovering Aesthetics, Milliart Gallery, Russia, 2020. 

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