Christmas Fortune-Telling

The theme of the pursuit of luck is embodied in the painting "Christmas Fortune-telling". The sacred meaning of the latter is born from mixed representations of pagan and Christian rites. Since ancient times, people have found solace in the witches. Sometimes these superstitions served as fun, jokes, mixed with games. Fortunetellers at different times of the year, in accordance with local, village customs, fortunetelling significantly changed in each county. V. I. Dahl describes fortune-telling on cards, coffee, the Psalter, sieve, eggs, wax, needles, lead, mirrors, water, chicken, beans, and holy (baptismal) fortune-telling.
Exhibition:
2011 “Russian Classical Painting”, exhibition in Yantai People’s Republic of China. “Russian Classical Painting”, exhibition mounted at the Yellow River Art Gallery, Dongying, People’s Republic of China.
2012 “Laureates of the Cultural Heritage Foundation”, exhibition mounted at the N-Prospect Gallery, St. Petersburg. Russia.
Publication:
Златоверховникова О.Н. Семён Кожин. – М.: Белый город, 2009. – 64 с. – (Мастера живописи. Русские художники). ISBN: 9785779317184 Page 62
Российское искусство = Russian Art Guide. Живопись, скульптура, графика, ДПИ, арт-фото, религиозное искусство: [ежегодный каталог-справочник] / гл. ред. Д.Ю. Маслов. – Вып. 1. – М.: МОСМЕДЕАГРУПП, 2009. – 304 с. Page 99
Карцев В.В. сост. Агенство CIP РГБ. На рубеже тысячелетий. Современная реалистическая живопись из коллекции галереи N-Prospect – М.: Локус-Станди. 2010. – 288 с. ISBN: 9785918200063. Page 99
Tian Qingyin /////////. – Dongying: Yellow Sea Digital Press, 2011– 320 с. ISBN: 9787889210096. Cover book and page 33
Лапина Д. Праздничные гадания – М.: Эксмо, 2013. – 64 с. ISBN: 9785699673490. Page 8
Цветнова Т.Е., Салахов Т.Т., Рожин А.И. Семён Кожин Simon Kozhin – М.: Творчество, 2015. – 302 с. Page 226-227
Грицков В.В. Номер 4. Журнал Русская история (35) 2015. ISSN 2072-9103 Тираж 5000 экз. Page 73
Цветнова Т.Е. Семён Кожин. – М.: Белый город, Воскресный день 2016. – 208 с. – (Русская традиция). Page: 14-15
Познанский Н.Ф. Заговоры. Происхождение и развитие заговорных формул – М.: Академический проект, 2016. – 248 с. ISBN: 9785829118525. Cover book
Merchand Isabel. Guild magazine "The Art of Simon Kozhin" – BlueAngel Photography New York, LLC, 2018,– 136 pages. ISBN Softcover: 9781388248994. Page 112-117