«LEDA. SYMPHONY C MAJOR»
2007, canvas, Mozart score, mixed technique, acrylic, 140х170 cm. Private collection, Moscow

Leda, a girl playing - or perhaps copulating? - with a swan... A strange and somehow physiological subject that attracted Ancient and Renaissance artists, that was reflected many times in Roman cameos; an image that we remember from Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Titian. This Hellenistic erotic legend today is perceived as a symbol of the contemporary desire to find unusual pleasures, often verging on perversity. The foundation of this composition is an Antique bas-relief; in 1643, Michelangelo, inspired by it, painted a picture that his contemporaries destroyed because of its shocking salacity. Now, however, the limits of what is permitted are so vague that Leda’s voluptuousness looks quite innocence...