Maxim Bondarenko (New York, United States) makes paintings, drawings, and mixed media artworks. By exploring color, texture, composition rules as a language, Bondarenko creates the space in which objects are altered or detached from their natural function and their aesthetics are distilled into symbols and fables. Applying certain technical manipulations, on paper and paint, he strives to achieve fresh at the same time ancient and timeless perception of his paintings. Somehow his focus on the Culture of a Stroke and experiments with old textures led him to the new techniques and art philosophy which he presents today. read more.