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Valery Katsuba
Good morning, Madrid! EL PRADO
GOOD MORNING, MADRID! EL PRADO
@Valery Katsuba. Madrid, 2025

"The project examines the interaction between contemporary people, dance and the museum environment, generating a dialogue within its spaces and giving a new dimension to works by renowned masters such as Velázquez, Guido Reni, El Greco, among others." Sebastià Mascaró, curator

1. The imaginary sculptures in the Diego Velázquez room Museo Nacional del Prado
2. Cavaliers (Jorge and the portraits of El Greco) Museo Nacional del Prado
3. Ballerinas and Atalanta and Hippomenes (1) - painting by Guido Reni Museo Nacional del Prado
4. Dancers and Atalanta and Hippomenes (2) - painting by Guido Reni Museo Nacional del Prado
5. Ballerina in the Ionian Gallery (1) Museo Nacional del Prado
6. Ballerina in the Ionian Gallery (2) Museo Nacional del Prado
7. Imaginary sculpture in the background of The Forge of Vulcan - painting by Diego Velázquez Museo Nacional del Prado

All analogue photography. Editions of NN 1-6: 150 x 150 cm, 6 + 2 AP; 100 x 100 cm, 6 + 2 AP; 60 x 60 cm, 6 + 2 AP. N 7 - 35 x 35 cm, 10 + 2 AP. Giclée print on Canson Infinity Baryta paper

Special thanks to Verónica Montes, Museo Nacional del Prado Diffusion
Model: Jorge López Arias
Ballerinas: Lily Scarlet Pakula and Lila Marie van Grootel of Nacho Duato Academy (special thanks to Nacho Duato, Emilia Jovanovich and Pau Scrowa)
Production: Polina Podgoretskaya and Roque Peña Pidal
Lighting: Roberto Ranero Pocero
Post-production: Espacio RAW (David López and Elizabeth Klar), Alexey Buturlym, Ignacio Naves, 1826 Film Lab
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