You can draw pictures and hide them in folders or hang them all over the city, depicting provocative scenes that were not peculiar to the USSR. The second option was chosen by the bright artist Valery Barykin.
How it all began?
Valery was born on the second of May in 1966. He studied at the Polytechnic University and received the specialty "Theater Artist". For a very long time Valery Barykin was looking for his place in life. The biography of the artist has dozens of jobs. He tried to draw for magazines, performed graphic drawings, but was able to find his calling only in 2000.
It was then that he drew attention to American posters with naked women. It was difficult to call them vulgar or aggressive, most likely, these pictures were lively and attractive. Valery Barykin decided that Pin-up is his element.
Creative chaos
The artist decided that on his posters Soviet ladies would be depicted. And as a basis were taken posters that were hung out on the streets of the Soviet Union and in all state institutions. Many argue that there was no sex in the country, but this did not stop seeing erotica in the surrounding society. Any situation could be very provocative if the ladies wore milder skirts and revealing outfits.
Valery Barykin presented his work to a demanding society and was awarded not only praise, but also contempt. He was accused of debauchery, which did not exist in the USSR. But the modern generation liked the funny pictures. And advertisers with pleasure began to print his posters on various products. Of course, there are individuals who doubt the artist’s talent and believe that his work has nothing to do with the well-known Pin-up trend.
How does an artist work?
Valery Barykin searches for photographs and famous posters of the Soviet era and redraws them in a new way. His posters are very positive and colorful. The author believes that there is a lot of aggression in the world, and people walk angry. In the USSR, there was no such mood, so it is important to give a little good humor to everyone.
Artist Valery Barykin puts a special meaning in each image. These are not just posters with frank young ladies and unscrupulous men. The creator points out that erotica is present in every lady, even if she works at a bakery. And men are individuals who love with their eyes.
Valery Barykin regularly replenishes his collections and performs author portraits, portraying full-breasted wives with husbands who earn money. Friends respect his work and argue that the artist gives them special notes of positive. For inspiration, this author needs only old newspapers and magazines. In these prints his insane and slightly sexy Muse is born.
Such images can be safely used to design modern interiors in which positive people live. In today's world there are many gray colors, depression and antipathy. But the image of Valery, on the contrary. bright, sunny and for someone very dear. His works can be admired endlessly, because every picture is written with a soul.