--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: Zhuk, 1961 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1396ce969262dbc0/698a21b9457a522eeed66064/TIMEPieces_Slice_of_TIME_1961_ZHUK_wb.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jan 26, 2022 # Zhuk, 1961 by [TIMEPieces Staff](/author/timepieces-staff/) ## TIMEPieces Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Rebirth by Zhuk ## Artist Statement **Title:** Rebirth **Year:** 1961 The First Human journey into Space – is the greatest event for all Mankind, which initiated the fascinating process of turning humanity into a space-faring civilization and multi-planet species. But this event also symbolizes the Rebirth of a Man – through reaching a new Level of development and most importantly, through returning a Human to Space – the environment that brought life to our Planet. **Bio:** Zhuk is an artist whose creative production revolves around classic figurative painting, presented in a contemporary manner. She grew up in a family of artists. Also she practice the transfer of the technique of her Art experience into Digital one because of her exploration of writing with a Real tassel gives the opportunity to work in digital art with her own Style. [@Zhuk\_live](https://twitter.com/Zhuk%5Flive "undefined") | [@zhuk.live](https://www.instagram.com/zhuk.live/ "undefined") _Zhuk invited_ [_GuliyevNow_](https://time.com/collection/slices-of-time/6141274/guliyevnow-2061/ "undefined") _to TIMEPieces. Their work is inspired by the year 1961\._  Slices of TIME - 1961 Zhuk, 1961 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/slices-of-time/6141273/zhuk-1961/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/slices-of-time/6141273/zhuk-1961/"},"headline":"Zhuk, 1961","datePublished":"2022-01-26T00:58:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:59:42.112Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/slices-of-time/6141273/zhuk-1961/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1396ce969262dbc0/698a21b9457a522eeed66064/TIMEPieces_Slice_of_TIME_1961_ZHUK_wb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIMEPieces Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/timepieces-staff/"}],"creator":"TIMEPieces Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1396ce969262dbc0/698a21b9457a522eeed66064/TIMEPieces_Slice_of_TIME_1961_ZHUK_wb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/slices-of-time/6141273/zhuk-1961/","name":"Zhuk, 1961"}}]}] ```