Polina Babaeva’s artistic practice embodies images of mass culture placed within a conditional environment flooded with symbols and layered meanings. Although mass culture occupies a central place in her work, the ideas of Pop Art are presented not directly, but through narratives filled with both internal and external symbolism. While the main idea of Pop Art was to elevate images of everyday life and popular culture to the level of elite art, Polina populates her paintings with figures from imaginary worlds inserted into ordinary reality. This approach may be described as a new symbolism, where characters from historical or contemporary mythology appear in situations unexpected from the perspective of mass consciousness, acquiring new interpretations and meanings.

Polina’s artistic methods and key themes are shaped by her personal experience — her спортивная career, studies at MIPT, travels, and the shared visual language of contemporary culture: a mixture of high art, Pop Art, glamour, and cinema.