Ensō (2012) Photography by Leon Bugaev

Leon Bugaev is an artist, director. Develops such directions as: The object portrait and The kinetic scene.
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He constructs his reality from a paradoxical combination of objects, and black-and-white color treatment lends it the vividness of a dream. A character in a formal suit grins impishly out of the picture; in place of his face is the carcass of a turkey, but the observer instinctively makes out human features in the shape. In his works, Bugaev often uses images of objects frozen in midair. This approach automatically prepares onlookers to accept irrational information, and simultaneously establishes action far beyond the limits of the illustration. A dark, blurred figure moves sharply, while its head hangs in the foreground and stares at the viewer. The static perspective on the motion is intriguing. The onlooker himself begins to fill in the details of the subject, the quiescent episode the photograph suggests.
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• Nationality: RUSSIA
• Date of birth : unknown date
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Russian Contemporary Artists