archatlas:Timofey Zhilin Dystopian Architectural VisionLooking at some of Timofey Zhilin’s collages
archatlas:Timofey Zhilin Dystopian Architectural VisionLooking at some of Timofey Zhilin’s collages brings to mind popular photography of flamboyant architecture in the former Soviet Union by the likes of Jan Kampanaers or Frederic Chaubin. Hulled in greyscales, the artist piles and stacks brutalist landmarks on top of each other – a graphic homage to the excessive architecture of the Soviet Union.Other works – the ones he refers to as his ‘early ones’ – merge different realities to unexpected fantasies. His Brutalic Spider might seem like a dystopian vision, but a closer look reveals an imagined world with desirable features. By assembling a habitable structure on top of artist Louise Bourgeois’ sculpture Maman (a prominent spider of monumental size), he plays on the positive attributes of the unpopular insect. In Bourgeois’ work, the spider is introduced as a maternal figure and described as ‘deliberate, clever, patient, soothing, reasonable, dainty, subtle, indispensable, neat and useful’. Zhilin laughs: ‘It’s the only contraindication for people who suffer from arachnophobia.’Images and text via -- source link