![]() ![]() In this respect one might note some immediate similarities to Zbigniew Rybczy?ski’s Tango (1980), but beyond this there are clear differences. The Classroom (2012) by Masha Krasnova-Shabaevaīoth of Masha’s animations are based on a static point-of-view of a single space, with characters and objects appearing on and disappearing off screen often in short, repeated cycles of movement. ![]() There is a sense of stasis, of being in limbo as if somehow we are seeing just glimpses of infinite cycles of events. These beautiful, subtle works take us into the inner space of the imagination, of dream or memory, where time and space has collapsed and compressed. Much of her work has a mysterious, haunting atmosphere, and this is especially tangible in her two films. Her selective mutation, distortion and layering of these images of the past connects to ideas of memory and personal history, as she discusses in the interview below. Across these different forms her work shares a unified aesthetic a drawing style which recalls illustrations of a bygone age, manipulated in a distinctly contemporary way. She has made drawings, paintings, posters, wallpaper, murals, books, comic strips and t-shirts, as well as two short animation pieces The Lake (2011) and The Classroom (2012). Masha Krasnova-Shabaeva is a Russian artist and illustrator currently based in Rotterdam. ![]()
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