P183

Pavel P183 (Russian: Павел Пухов) known as „Russian Banksy“ born 11 August 1983 in Moscow. Secretive Russian street artist acclaimed for his urban art installations and murals. He made inventive, ambitious street art that often had a political point.Very little information is known about Pavel P183’s personal life, even after his death. Like Banksy, he often worked at night. The number 183 was simply the number on his email address. Indeed Pavel began his street art at the age of 14 after seeing the Tsoi Wall – a wall covered in graffiti dedicated to the late Russian rock legend Viktor Tsoi. One of Pavel’s most recognizable works was a giant pair of glasses created on the snow, using a street light to help complete the image. The work can only be seen correctly from certain angles. Giant scale candy bars replicas- Alenka is one of few products that survived from Soviet times to present day. He achieved a lot in his 29 years. “Put simply, I want to teach people in this country to tell lies from the truth and to tell bad from good. This is what our people still cannot do,” P183 told Russia Today in a TV interview. He often wore a black balaclava during the interview to hide his identity. “The mission of street art is a dialogue with the ordinary person. You don’t need a gallery for that; nobody has to take people’s money so they can look at your work. In a city, this is a visual game: a person does not go to the museum, but still has a chance to see, to interpret, to think about your work,” he said with conviction. “I am by nature generally austere, accustomed to silence, to solitude. And I very much love dirt. In the summertime, I look at my shoes and at their soles. Dirt in itself is simple and natural; there is nothing exaggerated about it. When a person can look at himself as if looking at dirt, seeing the great in the small, we achieve balance. Without this balance of our souls, minds, and actions in the outside world, we risk becoming [like] McDonald’s, with its menus and portions, always prepared according to identical proportions and measurements.”