On the Artist's Creative Approach
The work was created under the creative pseudonym Zwisch by UlanovA AA. The pseudonym refers to the German word *Zwischen* (meaning "between")—this is the key to understanding the artist's method. Characteristic features of Zwisch's work include the search for balance:
- between history and modernity;
- between fantasy and reality;
- between academic tradition and experimental techniques;
- between the eternal search for meaning and the emotions of the "here and now."
About the Artist
UlanovA AA (Anastasiia Ulanova) is an architect by profession and an artist by vocation. Her journey is a story of steely will and a perceptive view of the world:
- art school;
- architectural lyceum;
- bachelor's degree in architecture in Moscow;
- pursuit of a master's degree in Austria (interrupted in 2022);
- independent mastery of German to the C1 level;
- online studies at the International University of Applied Sciences (Germany),
- preparation for the defense of her diploma;
- plans to pursue a PhD at the University of Cambridge.
The artist works in various techniques: academic drawing, sketching, oil, and analog painting. Recently, she has been drawn to mixed media in a monochrome palette—the very approach that forms the basis of the painting "Free yourself from the oppression of eternity."
