Road sign for passersby. I love making these.
The Russian Stuckists turned me on to a whole new perspective on art and art practice. I had more shows featuring paintings by my new friends. In 2018 I had a Lena Ulanova (Olga Knaus) solo exhibition at my house. I really went all out with lots of promotion, good food and a three-piece jazz band in my living room. She had great sales, and I didn’t take a penny. It was (and is) a labor of love celebrating artists I like. You can follow Olga on Instagram. I am trying to get her to Ecency and the Hive-machine. It takes a while for these artsy folks to understand a blockchain. I still don’t, but I’d much rather be social here than at Facebook/Instagram where the creepy Zuckerberg and his minions doth dwell. It’s like pennies from heaven. They take our content over there and then marginalize us if we don’t PAY along.
Anyway, you can follow Olga at: olga_knausss if you like to see paintings. Fresh ones.
She posts every day. Very prolific.
Below is a video of the before and at the tail end of opening night. Place was packed mid-show. This is what Stuckism does. It leaves the paid-for gallery behind. It takes out the middleman, and frees the artist from the feelings of beggardom.