Alarm and flame. The hum of the square and the whisper of love. Portraits of other people's destinies and the cry of the heart. A bright banner on the tomb of a dead century - and living voices, cutting through the thickness of the darkness of the omnipotent time with gold, red lead, and cinnabar. The four walls of an invisible temple. Sixteen frescoes, multi-figure compositions. Elena Kryukova is a master of poetic fresco. She is not afraid of large forms, blinding contrasts, pure colors. Music sounds inside the verbal cathedral she has built. It cannot be confused with anything. Before us is the work of an artist - one of the few in modern Russian literature who dared to challenge changing fashion with the power and eternity of a powerful image.