On the wall is an enormous oil painting of Queen Victoria, encrusted with Swarovski crystals and cute unicorn stickers. A life-size, antique wooden lion covered in graffiti forms the rooms’ centrepiece, flanked by a pair of replica Ming vases showing cheeky historical parodies. In another, a propped-open Baby Grand piano is full of ping-pong balls. In one corner of the room a foot-high Samurai soldier brandishes a baguette in one hand and a pistol in the other. My message is, challenge authority and challenge yourself.” “People try to live the status quo but life is up and down. “One thing I do constantly, is to make you doubt reality,” he muses as I get a tour of his works-in-progress. It’s a trip down a rabbit hole of political jousting, provocative commentary and absurdly surreal art an out-of-this-world cabinet of curiosities. I accept his offer of a morning espresso, but actually I don’t need it.Īs I gaze around the surreal and wonderful contents of this Russian artist’s studio, I feel powerfully energised. “The studio’s actually looking quite photogenic today,” beams Konstantin Bessmertny as he holds open the door for me.
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