World Art Utopia

Snow Glasses (Очки)

Snow illusion by P183 in Russia: a snowy courtyard and a vertical lamppost combine to form a giant pair of glasses.
Artwork FileMoscow · Russia

Snow Glasses (Очки)

Archive photo 2009

P183 / Pasha 183 · Moscow · Russia · 2009

Image from Street Art Utopia; artwork by P183 / Pasha 183.

P183 drew a giant pair of glasses in a snowy Moscow courtyard and used a real lamp-post as one raised arm. The work, titled Очки, depended on an elevated viewpoint and the temporary white surface left by snowfall. russianartarchive.net Reported

💡 4 things to know

  1. The snow became paperP183 described fresh snow as turning courtyards into a huge white sheet. russianartarchive.net Reported
  2. The lamp-post suggested the ideaThe artist said the post looked like the arm of a pair of glasses, prompting the intervention. russianartarchive.net Reported
  3. Drawn with a shovelAfisha reports that P183 shaped the spectacles in the snow with a shovel. daily.afisha.ru Reported
  4. A short-lived materialThe snow drawing belongs to P183’s repeated use of temporary materials in street work. daily.afisha.ru Reported

📍 Documented location

Moscow, Russia; exact courtyard not established here. russianartarchive.net Checked

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🗓️ Sightings

  1. 2009

    Garage archive photograph of Очки

  2. 201231 Jan

    The Guardian published the snow-glasses image

  3. 20133 Apr

    RFE/RL cited the lamppost illusion

  4. 202331 Mar

    Afisha revisited the work in a P183 retrospective

Each stamp links to its evidence. Green stamps are dated photographs; amber stamps are records or reports. Publication dates are not necessarily photograph dates.

✅ The facts

Artist
P183 / Pasha 183 russianartarchive.net Checked
Original title
Очки russianartarchive.net Checked
Materials
Snow and an existing lamp-post russianartarchive.net Checked
Method
Frames drawn with a shovel daily.afisha.ru Reported
Archive
Garage Museum Street Art Archive russianartarchive.net Checked
Dated evidence
Archive photo 2009 russianartarchive.net Checked

📰 In the press

“С помощью лопаты он изобразил очки, которые лежат на земле, со столбом вместо поднятой дужки.”

English: Using a shovel, he depicted glasses lying on the ground, with a pole replacing the raised arm.

Afisha Daily · 2023-03-31

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