PORTALS
LISA POLITSINA
Oil paintings (2024)
«In my project, I explore the revival of ancient mystical texts through visual portals, merging sacred words with imagery to dissolve the boundaries between past and present. My work is guided by the concept of nonlinear time—I delve into forgotten religions and magical traditions, weaving them into contemporary art to create bridges across eras.»
The main idea of the project is a revivale ancient and mystical texts through portals that Elizaveta creates in her works, combining text and image. Elizaveta follows of the idea of the nonlinearity of time, she explores ancient religions and magical teachings, creating a bridge from the archaic to our era.

The words from different eras integrated into arts works and symbolize the relationship between the past and the present, that allow the viewer to travel between differnt worlds. Thanks to these texts, sacred and magical symbols, the works acquire a protective function and become energy portals into the worlds created by the artist. Elizaveta’s works acquire additional value for each person, depending on the experience they have experienced, they transform the surrounding space and transmit the protective power inherent in them.

One of the leading images in Elizaveta’s project is a horse, which embodies the idea of love, peace, strength and movement, endless movement in search of the meaning of life. The white and black horses — Eros and Thanatos, convey a message from one world to another, where the recipient from the front of the work is a viewer from the present, and the senders are ancient images from the past.