Faculty of Design
Graphic Design
Emiliya Volchenko
From Classical Art: Posters
Graphic Design
2025
This project examines historical depictions of women in classical Salon paintings through posters, reproduced to scale using an imperfect gel-transfer technique. The use of cheap materials challenges the mastery of these artworks. The inclusion of red text places the viewer in the position of the female sitters, inviting a reconsideration of their agency and narratives.
Work by
Emiliya Volchenko aka. who.is.miaaa
Graphic Design
“This work begins with a question that has haunted the history of visual culture: Why do the same images of women, passive, perfected, and posed, continue to repeat across centuries? By tracing a...” [More]
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