Bright artist Valery Barykin

You can draw pictures and hide them in folders or hang around the city, depicting provocative scenes that were not peculiar to the USSR. The second option was chosen by the bright artist Valery Barykin.

How it all began?

Valery was born on May 2 in 1966. He graduated from the Polytechnic University and received the specialty of "theater artist". Valery Barykin searched for his place for a long time. Biography of the artist has dozens of places of work. He tried to draw for magazines, performed graphic drawings, but was able to find his calling only in 2000.

It was then that he drew attention to American posters with naked women. They were difficult to call vulgar or aggressive, most likely, these pictures were lively and attractive. Valery Barykin decided that Pin-Up is his element.

Creative chaos

The artist decided that his posters would depict Soviet ladies. And as a basis were taken posters, which were hung in the streets of the Soviet Union and in all state institutions. Many argue that there was no sex in the country, but it did not stop seeing erotica in the surrounding society. Any situation could be very provocative if the ladies wore more meek skirts and frank outfits.

Valery Barykin presented his works to a demanding society and was awarded not only praise, but also contempt. He was accused of debauchery, which did not exist in the USSR. But the modern generation liked the funny pictures. And advertisers happily began to print his posters on various goods. Of course, there are individuals who doubt the talent of the artist and believe that his work has nothing to do with the well-known direction of Pin-Up.

How does the artist work?

Valery Barykin searches for photographs and famous posters of the Soviet era and redraws them in a new way. His posters are very positive and colorful. The author believes that there is a lot of aggression in the world, and people go evil. In the USSR, there was no such mood, so it is important to give a little off-key humor to everyone.

The artist Valery Barykin in each image has a special meaning. These are not just posters with frank young ladies and unscrupulous men. The Creator points out that eroticism is present in every lady, even if she works at a bakery. And men are individuals who love eyes.

Valery Barykin regularly replenishes his collections and performs author's portraits, portraying pompous wives with husbands who earn money. Friends respect his work and argue that the artist gives them a special note of positive. For inspiration, this author needs only old newspapers and magazines. In these prints, his crazy and slightly sexual Muse is born.

Such images can be used to design modern interiors where positive people live. In the modern world there are a lot of gray paints, depression and antipathy. But the images of Valery, on the contrary. Bright, sunny and for someone very dear. His works can be admired endlessly, because each picture is written with a soul.