Valery Yershov was born in Yessentuki, Russia in 1960. He studied at the prestigious St. Petersburg State Repin Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, back when it was located in Leningrad. His formidable training in life drawing and art history is manifest throughout his work. Yershov blends classical elements with contemporary touches in a self-proclaimed style called “New Romanticism.” He relies on his academically-based technique to reinterpret the genre of portraiture; deriving inspiration from paparazzi snaps, video clips and advertising. He also experiments with his medium, applying such novelties as golf balls to a portrait of Mozart or dressing a modern day athlete in Victorian armor. With artistic fluency and imagination, Yershov mates classicism with pop culture, bridging several centuries of painting.
To learn more about Valery Yershov, visit the Salamatina Gallery website
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