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TALES OF THE GOLDEN APPLES

Treasure Box

Хәзинәләр тартмасы

Context

A cache of memorabilia as a way to open a portal to the past and preserve the child in you as you grow up

Process

A treasure box where everyone will find something for themselves

Author

Danila Shozy (Moscow, Russia)

Address

189 Lenina Street

TALES OF THE GOLDEN APPLES

Context

Caring for the inner child, memorabilia and a portal to the past – what the Treasure Box contains.

The main theme of «Tales of the Golden Apples» was caring – with each artist choosing an angle that seemed interesting to them. So, Danila Shozy focused on caring for the inner child and created the Treasure Box mural. This intimate work sends the artist into the past, and invites the audience to interpret the objects in their own way, returning to their own memories.

«Children often love to collect all sorts of trinkets, from the height of our young age we picture them as some kind of treasures and artifacts. I think many people have such "boxes with treasures" from childhood.

In my box, I've collected things that are small portals to the past. Each object is a separate memory. By paying attention to these trifles, you can preserve a piece of childhood in yourself.»

Danila Shozy

Artist

Soviet chain-mail wallet.
Metal artifact from childhood

Golden trumpet. The idea of the project curator Anna Vetoshkina

Stamped metal toy car. Soviet children's toy

Large beer coaster. Brought back from a trip to Belgium

Porcupine quill. Another artifact from childhood

Canape skewer. Gift from a friend, never used

Gray stone. Brought from a trip to Sochi

Viola Mouthpiece. Metal Artifact 2007

Ammonite Shard. Brought from the Republic of Adygea

Soviet glass ball. Just a glass ball

Two stones. One from the Abkhazian Black Sea coast, the other – of forgotten origin

Fragment of a wooden pendant. Made and given to me by my brother at the age of 6

Tiles from Samarkand. Gifted by parents

Small bottle. Brought from the St. Mark flea market to Moscow

Small turquoise stone. Found in the upper reaches of the Chkhalta River, in Abkhazia

Interactive map

Process

Art form: mural
Style: hyper-realistic
Method: mural in the trompe l'oeil technique
Material: aerosol cans

Ital. Mural — wall

Monumental wall painting created on a faсade or a blank wall of a building or any other urban architectural objects.

The artist and his partner created the mural in the course of a week. The work was done using the «trompe-l'œil» technique (from the French trompe-l'œil - deceptive eye, deceptive appearance). This is Danila's recognizable style - his canvases and murals depict objects in the most detailed and realistic way, deceiving the viewer and violating the laws of physics.

Danila Shozy and his partner Aste at work, summer 2022. All work was created using aerosol cans.

The «Treasure Box» depicts artifacts, each of which carries a story that is personally important for the artist. The box contains an old glass bottle, a pendant carved by the artist's brother, a porcupine quill brought from Sri Lanka, a piece of ammonite from Adygea and a fragment of a tile that decorated a temple in Samarkand.

The artist and his partner created the mural in the course of a week. The work was done using the «trompe-l'œil» technique (from the French trompe-l'œil - deceptive eye, deceptive appearance). This is Danila's recognizable style - his canvases and murals depict objects in the most detailed and realistic way, deceiving the viewer and violating the laws of physics.

The «Treasure Box» depicts artifacts, each of which carries a story that is personally important for the artist. The box contains an old glass bottle, a pendant carved by the artist's brother, a porcupine quill brought from Sri Lanka, a piece of ammonite from Adygea and a fragment of a tile that decorated a temple in Samarkand.

Danila Shozy and his partner Aste at work, summer 2022. All work was created using aerosol cans.

«I filled the box with what I found at home – some items are really from my childhood, others - from later periods, but each really could attract the attention of a child. In fact, it doesn't matter what memories they are associated with. The work shows that children are able to endow any object with new meanings and functionality.»

Danila Shozy

Artist

Author

Danila Shozy (Moscow, Russia)

Artist

Danila Shozy is an internationally renowned street artist. His murals can be found in Sharjah (UAE), Terracina (Italy), Moscow and Berlin. Danila creates hyper-realistic murals with elements of optical illusions. The artist's style and his main artistic image – compressed plastic matter have become his hallmark.

In Shozy's works, houses take on new abstract forms, acquire annexes, with arms crawling out and bicycles falling out of the walls. Thanks to 3D illusions, the artist is now well-known outside of Russia – Danila's works are displayed in European galleries and participate in exhibitions around the world.

Shozy works in different cities of the world.

Danila Shozy is an internationally renowned street artist. His murals can be found in Sharjah (UAE), Terracina (Italy), Moscow and Berlin. Danila creates hyper-realistic murals with elements of optical illusions. The artist's style and his main artistic image – compressed plastic matter have become his hallmark.

In Shozy's works, houses take on new abstract forms, acquire annexes, with arms crawling out and bicycles falling out of the walls. Thanks to 3D illusions, the artist is now well-known outside of Russia – Danila's works are displayed in European galleries and participate in exhibitions around the world.

Shozy works in different cities of the world.

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