This is a very big collection, which I started in the 1990s photographing metal constructions of buildings, supermarkets etc. as an allusion to constructivism. I was trying to make a connection between the prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain with modern architecture.
Later this idea evolved into something different - wry reflections in the windscreens and bonnets of cars and other things, but the original idea has remained.
Although I've done quite a few images of CONTEMPORARY STONEHENGE I would not dream of displaying all of them in one retrospective in a museum or a gallery.
First of all, I do not like big displays and secondly I believe, it can be rather boring.
I like small displays up to 50-100 works. Not more.
In each of my physical solo shows in my home city Moscow I did exactly this - showing several series of 2-15 works to give the viewer some idea of the range of my creativity.
I feel the same in poetry. I do not like thick books of poems - volumes, you know.
A book of my poetry should contain not more than a 100 poems. But even that is too much of a good thing.
Every poem is a spiritual experience. The poet must give the reader some time to really feel it. A poem is also a huge outburst of energy. The poet must have mercy on the reader.
My hand-written book of poetry with a letter from Josef Brodsky, the Noble prize-winning poet, and my authentic art photos glued into every copy is exactly about 100 poems.
That is why in my EXCLUSIVE PUBLISHING SERIES created with the merciful blessings of Amb.Dr. Saad Al-Jovani for his International Art Group I decided to have 25 poems in each part.
I'm publishing not more than 2 poems a day. That is enough to saturate the reader's imagination and give them the joy of co-experiencing my life.