VLAD BUBNOV

Abstract Automobile Art:

I love old, classic cars. An amazing thing happens when a beautifully restored classic drives by - heads start turning and people stop in the tracks.

Companies don't make automobiles like they use to.For a long time,cars had characters. You could tell every single model apart from a mile away.I celebrate that period in automotive history a bit differently than most-I look at these cars as objects of art,rather than objects of transportation.As such,my work depicts their wondrous details and many images,the abstract and surrealistic beauty between these vehicles and their surroundings.This is my tribute to the original designers,as well as the owners who keep this relics in top shape for all of us to enjoy.

Architectural Abstracts:

Works in the series represents a different point of view of architecture and urban sculpture. When I look at modern buildings or sculpture, I don't see a building or a man made object,but rather an abstract piece of art that incorporates everything within it and around it.And it changes all the time. A step in a different direction, a move of the head or eyes, a reflection in a puddle or a window you have a new art piece.My images,especially in the architectural area are influenced by my favorite visual and writing styles - Surrealism, Minimalism and speculative fiction.

Biography of the Artist:

Vlad Bubnov is a New Jersey based,self-taught artist with more than 20 years of photography experience. He was born in Russia and immigrated with his family to the United States in 1980.He was introduced to photography during his childhood, developing film, making prints in his parent's home darkroom and taking pictures with an old film camera during family trips.

His work has been exhibited in New Jersey Artists Series at Johnson & Johnson Corporation,New Brunswick,NJ, Tompkins Square Library,New York in "Art of Walls", Manhattan Arts International and Midlantic Gallery Arts Consortium in Perkasie, PA.

He is a recipient of a "Based in Photography" award in 2007 Manhattan Arts International 24th Anniversary & Healing Power of Art competitions as well as 2nd place in the "photography...The other Art" curated by Midlantic Gallery Arts Consortium.

He states: "In our modern society,people are so bound by dictated standards that they have difficulty with stepping outside of the established norm.My images make people think and that is a gratifying reward."