In the Italian artistic culture, I feel very close to “Arte Povera”, particularly to the figure of Alighiero Boetti. Since many years of work, I can say that my artistic production has been influenced more by the Italian culture of living everyday life. I currently live in Turin, but the city where I was fully formed is Naples.

My pleasure. I've been drawing for as long as I can remember. first it was an art school, then an institute, an academy ...but the understanding that I am ready to devote my life to art came to me when I was about twenty years old, in St. Petersburg I met the artist Vasily Bratanjuk, he made me understand that art is not only inspiration but also hard work ... work of selv development.

I have never followed, copied, or presented someone else's experience, ways of expression, and vision as my own. I am supported by people who believe in me and it has been this way throughout my life, from the nascent stages to this very day. These people could be anyone: teachers who taught me throughout my life, friends, and even passers-by. I draw inspiration from different people, from my relationships with them.

I am a visual artist based in Israel. I have a BA in Arts and philosophy and an MA in philosophy. I remember the first time, many years ago, as I was walking down the street, I saw a mirror that was thrown-away. I stopped and picked it up, thinking about the fact that mirrors are unique surfaces, unlike canvas, paper, wood etc. because they are reflective. I thought about the ability to transform it into a work of art that is not indifferent to the people standing in front of it, and to the space it’s placed in.

I’ve enjoyed painting and drawing for as long as I can remember, but art hasn’t been a constant part of my life until recently. However I can’t say that me and my creativity haven’t kept in touch this whole time. I’ve been playing the piano, writing poems and short stories, making costumes for my dolls, making up small plays and musicals and reenacting them. I’ve also enjoyed photography. All of these are still my creative outlets. Was my hometown a source of inspiration? Well, yes, because everything around me was a major source of inspiration anywhere I went.

We know it’s been a while since we published the last In Focus episode… But look, the hiatus had its reasons — well, we had, sinking back into the concerns of the new year. On the plus side, we promise that in 2021 the column will be in some way even more exciting than it used to be last year with some new bright and inimitable talents in the limelight. And the first in line here is a conceptual artist and a photographer, whose works one can hardly pass by indifferently. Meet Sandy Skoglund!

Art appeared in my life in the early childhood. I have been drawing since I remember myself, but I never received a formal education. I always thought of drawing as of my own special way of self-expression, it was just a part of me. However, it wasn’t until late 2017 that I discovered fashion illustration. I didn’t know what it was called and how it could be applied, but I was charmed by the pictures I came across on the Internet. They were so elegant and expressive, they caught my eye immediately and I just had an insight - that’s what I should do.