Back in 1995, art critic Sergei Kuskov wrote for the show at the Central House of Artists of the project “Biblical Art of the 21st Century” by Dmitry Plotkin that the main method of the artist’s work is to paraphrase anything and everything that has come to us from time immemorial in art, literature, mythology.. . So in this cycle “Golden Childhood - Games and Pranks” all the plots tell about today's realities and feelings with reference to the history of human culture. The painting "The Judgment of Paris" by its name directly points to Homer's Great Poem... As a child, from the age of five, every time I visited my grandmother in Ukraine, in the city of Nikopol, on the Kakhovka Reservoir, I acquired another bride. Never repeated myself... For three years, from 5 to 7 years old, my heart and interest were given to beautiful girls... An Ashkenazi Jew, a Russian Tatar and, finally, a Sephardi Jew who conquered all... I loved her until I was 11 years old - until my last visit to my beloved grandparents. The redhead won everyone! Beautiful Elena (Meira)...