Ghostly swallowtail (Dropping Flowers),
The whimsical, and at times grotesque, butterfly is a prominent figure in Viktor Zhdanov’s graphics and murals.
Within the artist’s universe, its image is almost canonical: long, branching antennae and monstrous wings, an excess of detail, and borders of ornamental plant motifs. Symbols must appear inside the wings — the sun, an eye, a flower, and a heart pierced with a thorn.
Against a translucent painterly background, the Ghostly Swallowtail shields from the scorching sun and drops blooming flowers, which are immediately gathered by sirens — maidens whose bodies have been replaced by insects.
Viktor Zhdanov (b. 1992, Stary Oskol) is an artist and independent curator. He graduated from the Belgorod State Institute of Arts and Culture (2015), the Institute of Contemporary Art “Baza” (2019), and the Master’s program at the HSE Art and Design School (2021). He is the initiator of the Microbiennale of Horizontal Initiatives (2019–present). The artist’s works are included in the collection of the Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, the Klingspor Museum, and in private collections.
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