“Russian Ghetto with Asian Faces”: youth, rage, and ghetto subcultures with Kalmyk artist Hulhachi
Contemporary artist Hulhachi tells Lossi 36 about his rage, his art and participation in the exhibition Mu.
Gareleya Neotodryosh: the new art scene of the Ukrainian Donbas comes alive in its abandoned buildings
Martina Bergamaschi explores the new art scene of the Ukrainian Donbas and speaks to the founder of Gareleya Neotodryosh, Vitaly Matukhno.
Neon Nostalgia: alternative journeys in Central Europe with Piotrek Gawliński
Elodie Phillips's interviews Piotrek Gawliński, who is behind the increasingly popular @lostfoundEurope Twitter account, inviting you to walk the streets of the golden era of Central European cities.
The Magic of Childhood, Primitive Art, and Bazaars: in conversation with Kyrgyz artist Roza Dzhangaracheva
Katherine Leung interview acclaimed Kyrgyz artist Roza Dzhangaracheva about her work. For Lossi 36's new exhibition: Fables, Fairytales and Feminism - contemporary women artists making magic in [...]
Two Different Cultures as One Decorative Melody: interview with Tashkent painter, Marie Korovina
Katherine Leung interview Tashkent painter Marie Korovina about her art and philosophy. For Lossi 36's new exhibition: Fables, Fairytales and Feminism - contemporary women artists making magic in [...]
A Symphony in Steel: Vera Mukhina, from the Paris Salon to the Stakhanovite Movement
Patricia Manos introduces us to one of Russia's most famous 20th-century artists. A giant among giants, meet Vera Mukhina.
The Return to Romanticism: interview with Crimean Tatar folk artist Mamut Churlu
Mamut Churlu is part of the mass return of Tatar repatriates to the Crimean Peninsula at the fall of the Soviet Union. Churlu worked for years in Uzbekistan and Russia on researching folk art [...]
‘We Can’t Be Afraid Anymore’ – artists behind the frontline in Belarus
Whilst the world watches the Capitol with relief, the battle to assert democracy in Belarus wages on. Efforts to depose ‘Europe’s last dictator’ Alexander Lukashenko began last May, and are now [...]
Reviving an (Almost) Forgotten Script: self-taught calligrapher Amgalan Zhamsoev mixes traditional Mongolian aesthetics with modern influences
“The history of using Mongolian script for the Buryat language was erased by the Soviet educational system. Reviving it has become such a complex tangle that sometimes I ask myself, ‘do people [...]