Artem Filatov (b. 1991) is a visual artist from Nizhny Novgorod. His practice is closely connected to his home city, its cultural and environmental landscape and public spaces. Filatov creates installations, sculptures. paintings, and drawings, using a variety of different techniques in his work. He also is a co-ograniser of a street art festival New City: Ancient in Nizhny Novgorod.
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Blooming of the Fern, 2016
Et in Arcadia Ego (“And I too once lived in Arcadia”), 2017. This plaque with a Latin inscription usually interpreted as a memento mori was originally placed by the artist on a city street. Arcadia refers to a utopian pastoral land
Nemo Me Impune Lacessit (“No one can harm me unpunished”), 2017. The artist creates a tension between the material, ordinary concrete, and the form of an ancient inscription
Squad, 2019
Treasure, 2019
Untitled, 2014
Untitled (Illustration for the self-published book Iris), 2015
