Exhibitions

ModPortrait MEAM Museum, Museum of the Repin Academy of Arts

About the work

This portrait is a reflection on the contemporary female image and on how social‑media aesthetics shape the “face of our time.” The sitter, Dasha, embodies the visual codes of digital beauty: sensuous, slightly enhanced lips, a delicate figure, and a confident posture tinged with fatigue from constant self‑display. The artist first saw her on Instagram—fitting, since the source of inspiration is the very environment of visual consumption where algorithms feed us flawlessly retouched faces every day. Dasha is a character of the epoch, a twenty‑first‑century “Unknown Woman.” She is less an individual than the personification of mass femininity and its rituals. There is no overt drama in her look, yet a quiet depth and subtlety remain. It is a portrait of beauty we do not choose but absorb as the digital norm. The pose, found by chance yet precise, is slightly tense—like a frozen frame from an extended photo shoot. The line of her back and the gesture of her hands convey a living tension, a hidden thirst for movement and dialogue. The background, a deep cold blue reminiscent of Italian silk, signifies distance, fashion, refinement. In the final stage, the artist intuitively adds flashes of orange—an emotional stroke, a burst of instinct linking the cool exterior restraint to an unseen inner flame. The contrast of blue and orange becomes a language of emotion, giving the image a subtle psychophysical vibration. The work was placed on the title spread of the artist’s 30th‑anniversary art book and shortlisted for the MOD “Portrait” international contest in Spain, confirming not only its technical maturity but also its resonance with an entire generation.

Young woman in white dress against deep blue background, painting by Ivan Loginov
Young woman in white dress against deep blue background, painting by Ivan Loginov
Young woman in white dress against deep blue background, painting by Ivan Loginov