Brodskij and Utkin were trained at the Moscow Architecture Institute from 1972 to 1978. As with most Soviet architects, they were unable to practice their profession due to censorship and lack of patronage and are therefore "paper architects" -- architects who create buildings solely on paper. They are also accomplished sculptors. Self-taught in etching, they create inticate, densely detailed, fantasy architecture images with narrative.

Dwelling house of Winnie-the-Pooh carries the subtitle "in a big modern city." This work presents numerous sketches, ideas, cross-sections and a large elevation for the Pooh's imaginary urban home. The corresponding remarks in the etching are in English, since the artists print and publish their works in the United States. The overall density and architectural dissection of the images is allied to the architectural prints of Piranesi.

Source: News, July/August 1991.