Marina Fedorova. Cosmodreams

Erarta Museum presents an exhibition by Marina Fedorova - reflections on space and its invasion of the earthly world of glamor.

Marina Fedorova's pictorial style is easily recognizable: it is inspired by glossy magazines of the 90s, Hollywood films and Instagram trends. The Cosmodreams project, in which space invades the earthly world of glamor, was created by the artist gradually. It was preceded by a series of "Reflections": here the heroes of Fedorova, surrounded by the starry glitter of shop windows, peered into the looking glass world to dizziness, until dreams of flight and weightlessness finally won out. From this victory the space series was born.

The artist undoubtedly relates himself to the heroines of his works. Feminine, sophisticated and at first glance fragile, they are endowed with a bright personality and inner strength. But if you look closely at each of them, you can see how different they are. There are also glamorous and tragic beauties typical for the author who migrate to outer space in evening dresses and high heels. Others resemble the matured Alisa Selezneva, whose otherness and correctness were the subject of admiration and imitation for the generation that grew up on the books of Kir Bulychev and films based on their plots. A separate group is made up of heroines living in the dreaming space of space without a spacesuit: enjoying the freedom of flight, they discover other worlds without resistance from reality. All heroines are united by fearlessness and children's trust in space, in their own present and future - it is transmitted to the viewer.

The author complements traditional painting with modern technologies: Fedorova is driven by the desire to expand the audience of the project, to make it interactive. The new generation comprehends the world exclusively through virtual reality, which, according to the artist, should only activate the passion for knowledge, but not replace reality.