Original artwork description:

A strange, almost manneristic family portrait - a portrait of the artist’s wife and his daughter Ustinya is a confirmation of how strongly the traditions and attitude of the representative of the 21st century intertwine with S. Kozhin. Still life, which is the semantic center of the picture, evokes a double feeling. Fish, Flemish beautifully laid out on the tables, turns into a surreal ornament. Only a sophisticated viewer can comprehend the full depth of the many subtexts of the canvas. Fish is an early Christian sign found in the catacomb painting, a sign of virtue, of Christ.
Exhibition:
2009 Exhibition at the Game of Imagination Gallery in the Press Centre of the Izvestiya Publishing House, Moscow.
2024 The exhibition "Tail-wind
Publication:
Златоверховникова О.Н. Семён Кожин. – М.: Белый город, 2009. – 64 с. – (Мастера живописи. Русские художники). ISBN: 9785779317184 P 51
Цветнова Т.Е., Салахов Т.Т., Рожин А.И. Семён Кожин Simon Kozhin – М.: Творчество, 2015. – 302 с. P 246

Materials used:

Oil

Tags:

#still life #fish #family #hotel #turkey #daughter #dinner #wife #simbolic #olga #portrait girl #justina #ustinia