Vladimir Yankilevsky
Artist and his model
1993

Yankilevsky’s distinctive fusion of multiple realities is uniquely manifested in this work: Rembrandt’s self-portrait and Yankilevsky’s meticulously drawn female torso merge into a single harmonious whole. The piece reinforces Yankilevsky’s conviction that woman and man, artist and model, the world and its symbols, are inseparably connected – they are two parts of a single whole.