Mirages of The USSR 1995-2000

Mirages of the USSR. 1995-2000

Since their first American trip, The Cherkashins have created an important series about Moscow. It was entitled "Mirages of Empire". In these works Natasha & Valera presented photographs of grand Soviet buildings.  After these buildings and memorials have lost ideological power, they didn't look aggressive any more. The colossal Soviet structures seem abandoned amidst children too young to remember the Soviet Union, and advertisements.

Materials: crumpled black & white silver gelatin print, bleach, watercolors, newspaper transfer, gold and Silver acrylic, paper frames, ink.