An art project to shake the quarantine blues has become an online sensation, as pent-up Russian speakers from across the globe reenact classic artwork to pass the time amid the pandemic.
Girl with Peaches.It's a stark departure from the sort of Russian global influence that's been grabbing negative headlines in recent years."Art Isolation" stretches across borders as Russian speakers holed up in different parts of the world share creations — and jokes — that have clear broader appeal.
But at their core, the creators tap into a Russian-influenced talent for laughing and creating through hard times — at the deprivations of the Soviet Union, the chaos that followed its demise and now the evolving restrictions of our coronavirus age. "It's hard to put a finger on it but it's a certain Russian know-how — funny, ironic and depressing all at once," says Kira Yastrebova, 36, a group member whose family moved from Moscow when she was 11 to a tight-knit Russian immigrant community in a suburb outside Minneapolis.
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