Group project "Palace of precious polymers"
The 1st International Biennale of Environmental Art presents a special project, "Fragile Layer," which brings together four projects from leading Nizhny Novgorod galleries at the Russian Museum of Photography - Usadba.
The group exhibition "Palace of Precious Polymers" featured works by Nizhny Novgorod artists Natasha Korets, Yury Otinov, Cema Bomse, Evsti Bomse, and Yulya Ivanova on the theme of ecology. The project centers on the issue of resource consumption, which is addressed directly through ironic, critical narratives in painting and drawing, as well as through the ethical method of recycling, which involves the reuse of materials.
Yury Otinov, continuing his explorations within his original punk universe, uses organic and found components. His anthropomorphic masks often absorb and animate trinkets—pins, beads, pieces of wood, seeds, and peels. Underground punk aesthetics also influenced artist Cema Bomse, who in his early works often turned to experimental techniques using scrap materials and found objects. Natasha Korets's tapestry "Mountain Top" prominently features fabrics and threads reclaimed by other artists, emphasizing the conservation of resources within the textile arts community. Evsti Bomse reflects on contemporary cataclysms—economic, social, cultural, and environmental—and calls for humanity to acknowledge its responsibility for the destruction of nature. Yulya Ivanova's total installation "Anabiosis" is inspired by frogs in their biological and symbolic meaning.
The group exhibition "Palace of Precious Polymers" featured works by Nizhny Novgorod artists Natasha Korets, Yury Otinov, Cema Bomse, Evsti Bomse, and Yulya Ivanova on the theme of ecology. The project centers on the issue of resource consumption, which is addressed directly through ironic, critical narratives in painting and drawing, as well as through the ethical method of recycling, which involves the reuse of materials.
Yury Otinov, continuing his explorations within his original punk universe, uses organic and found components. His anthropomorphic masks often absorb and animate trinkets—pins, beads, pieces of wood, seeds, and peels. Underground punk aesthetics also influenced artist Cema Bomse, who in his early works often turned to experimental techniques using scrap materials and found objects. Natasha Korets's tapestry "Mountain Top" prominently features fabrics and threads reclaimed by other artists, emphasizing the conservation of resources within the textile arts community. Evsti Bomse reflects on contemporary cataclysms—economic, social, cultural, and environmental—and calls for humanity to acknowledge its responsibility for the destruction of nature. Yulya Ivanova's total installation "Anabiosis" is inspired by frogs in their biological and symbolic meaning.
