Our Gallery: In Memory of a Friend

In 2007, a series of black & white images was presented to the members of LiveJournal Dieselpunk community. The author, Vladimir Ozerny, explained that most of the artwork was created long before he had been exposed to dieselpunk – or dieselpunk had been exposed to him.

Vladimir Ozerny. Half Self-Portrait

His pictures, rough and expressive, looked amateurish and even primitive when put together with paintings and graphics of Keith Thompson or Dusso. His comments were simplicity itself. But behind this deceptive image was a man of the world inspired by Futurism and Vorticism, Art Deco and revolutionary posters. A man in love with aviation, automobiles and skyscrapers. A visionary who didn’t care much about public opinion.

Vladimir Ozerny. Time to Move

On January 31, 2012, Vladimir had a stroke. And died. He was 49 years old. Let his memory be blessed.

Here’s a small gallery of Vladimir Ozerny’s drawings and compositions, taken from his blog.

Vladimir Ozerny. Air Parade

Vladimir Ozerny. Just a Palace

Vladimir Ozerny. Far Space Institute

Vladimir Ozerny. Tower #1

Vladimir Ozerny. Airport Over the Clouds

Vladimir Ozerny. Mars-1

Vladimir Ozerny. Space Voyage (early version)

Vladimir Ozerny. Space Catapult

Vladimir Ozerny. Marinism

Vladimir Ozerny. Architecture

Vladimir Ozerny. Composition

Vladimir Ozerny. Dark Air

Vladimir Ozerny. Star Ornament

Vladimir Ozerny. Retrocity #3

Vladimir Ozerny. Three Races of Atlantis #2

Vladimir Ozerny. Flying

Vladimir Ozerny. Cellulose (an illustration to The Unwritten)

Vladimir Ozerny. Two Towers

Vladimir Ozerny. Airship Vladimir

A collection of Vladimir Ozerny’s dieselpunk artwork (75 images) can be found on Flickr.

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