Unapologetic Grace
A collaboration with the artist Mariya Vasilyeva. Featured on Sicky Magazine.
Mariya’s self-representation is central to herartistic practice, often delving into conceptual eroticism. By focusing on her body’s vulnerability, she reflects on societal structures shaped bysexuality, religion, and ethical norms, whileexploring intersecting themes of powerdynamics, feminism, and body politics. Through this collaboration, Olesya interprets Mariya’s world by situating the artist within herown aesthetic universe, seamlessly blending the artist’s handmade wearable art objects withelements of the fashion realm. This editorial becomes a conversation between two creativevisions, revealing the layers within Mariya’s exploration of identity.
