«MAO AND РOINTES. EAST-WEST» 
2002, canvas, mixed technique, 150х185 cm. Private collection, Moscow

MAO AND РOINTES. EAST-WEST

A similar portrait of Mao hangs over the gates of the Emperor Palace in China, at the square of Heavenly Tranquility. His glance is calm, affectionate, even sympathizing. He is looking inside himself, into the depth of his soul, he knows everything, will understand and forgive everything - the least compulsion. Gauss's principle - what kind of compulsion was it for the Chinese? To build a wall, to move the earth's axis… The West is individual, individual to the fingers' tips, not "total" any more, to be exact, - total in its individuality…