1:20. 2024
PAINTINGS. 2002-2025
As in the Soviet song What are our Boys made of, Rudyev and his paintings are made from a mixture of Soviet iconography, Western fetishism, metaphysics, constructivist design and techno music. Willem de Kooning once said, Painting has always been dead, and I don't want it to bother me, and Rudyev doesn't want that. Therefore, he continues to capture his findings on canvases, which form new cells in the box of his story. Rudyev's works are enveloped in a sense of nostalgia and vintage appeal, convey the feeling of looking at a thousand yards – they plunge into melancholic detachment and pull out of the present.
Sergey Bratkov
