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DARINA GREKHOVA
Oil painting (2024)

'The project aims to explore the human experience through the features of folklore, such as metamorphosis, paradox, and ethical ambivalence'

A series of paintings from the project about the heroes of Slavic mythology. Through the creation of liminal spaces as the habitat of the characters, I reflect on the theme of searching for meanings, feelings of isolation and alienation. In my opinion, figurative art has the greatest projective potential, which allows the viewer to turn to their own experience and condition.

The surreal register is important to me here as a characteristic of the search for meanings in a situation where logical constructions cease to help awareness. The oneiric state and symbolism are becoming more convenient tools for understanding the absurdity of existence and contradictory reality.