Medium: Etching and engraving Dimensions: 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches (image) 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: Russian, 1976 Date finished: 2020 Edition: AP of XX
Medium: Etching Dimensions: 5 x 4 7/8 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: Russian, 1959 Date finished: 2010 Edition: of 60
Recommended by Nikki (Fine Print Photographer & Content Publisher): "This tiny etching is expertly crafted by Eastern European artist, Vladimir Zuev, to illustrate the story of Leda and the swan (aka, Zeus pretending to be a swan). Zeus seduces or rapes Leda, depending on the storyteller. Zeus fills the background, but subtly, despite his violent action. Instead, Zuev centers the story on Leda and does not overly sexualize her like most popular depictions, including not giving her hair. There are clues to her gender, but she is closed off to the viewer with her crossed legs and bent arms - not available for visual consumption. Instead, Leda is looking directly at the viewer - forcing us to look at her humanity.
This image serves as a reminder that violence towards women is still prevalent, but not just in overt actions. It exists in the books we read, the media we consume, the words we use, the stories we retell, the art we purchase. This small image packs a very large punch and reminds us to critically analyze our own behaviors and constructs of thinking around women and violence."
Medium: Etching and engraving Dimensions: 6 5/8 x 6 5/8 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: Russian, 1976 Date finished: 2016 Edition: AP of XX
#51012
Medium: Etching and engraving Dimensions: 6 5/8 x 6 5/8 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: Russian, 1976 Date finished: 2018 Edition: AP of XX
#50991
Medium: Etching and engraving Dimensions: 5 7/8 x 3 5/8 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: Russian, 1976 Date finished: 2016 Edition: AP of XX
#50998
Medium: Etching and engraving Dimensions: 6 5/8 x 6 5/8 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: Russian, 1976 Date finished: 2017 Edition: AP of XX
#51016
Medium: Etching and engraving Dimensions: 5 x 5 inches (image) 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: Russian, 1976 Date finished: 2006 Edition: AP of XX
#51024
Medium: Etching and engraving Dimensions: 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: Russian, 1976 Date finished: 2017 Edition: AP of XX
#51026
Ivan Rusachek
Parad with Two Boats About the Acceptance of the World of a New Era
Medium: Etching and engraving Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: Russian, 1976 Date finished: 2018 Edition: AP of XX
#50990
Medium: Etching and engraving Dimensions: 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: Russian, 1976 Date finished: 2017 Edition: AP of XX
#50984
Medium: Etching and engraving Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 2 7/8 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: Russian, 1976 Date finished: 2017 Edition: AP of XX
#51007
Medium: Etching and engraving Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: Russian, 1976 Date finished: 2018 Edition: AP of XX
#51004
Medium: Etching and engraving Dimensions: 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: Russian, 1976 Date finished: 2017 Edition: AP of XX
#349427
Medium: Etching and engraving Dimensions: 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: Russian, 1976 Date finished: 2016 Edition: AP of XX
#50980
Medium: Etching and engraving Dimensions: 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: Russian, 1976 Date finished: 2016 Edition: AP of XX
#349438
Medium: Etching and engraving Dimensions: 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: Russian, 1976 Date finished: 2016 Edition: AP of XX
#349434
Medium: Etching and engraving Dimensions: 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: Russian, 1976 Date finished: 2018 Edition: AP of XX
Recommended by Suzannah (Marketing and Communications Manager):
Ivan Rusachek’s dreamlike etchings deliver the viewer into a liminal world. In“Full Moon - 100 Years of Solitude,”he references the magic realist masterpiece of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The woman depicted in this etching looks right into the viewer, much the way characters from Marquez’s novel see through time and even their own narrative. The symbol of the moon is at once a window into into the world and a shield from it. Rusachek’s interpretation of “One Hundred Years of Solitude” exemplify his ability to translate the essence of ephemeral stories that touch the heart of humanity, conveying meaning while retaining complex mystery.