“Hidden” series dedicated to the war in Ukraine.
technique: watercolor, 18X18 cm
After February 22, life was divided into before and after. Some familiar things took on a different meaning.
This series has become a kind of therapy for the artist. Using post-media rethinking, real photos, looking for similarities in the new reality, the artist learns to live in a new world, gets acquainted with its signs and visual codes.
Sculptures of Lviv protected from bombing, plastic bags with the bodies of the dead, Pope Francis shrouded in the wind, photos of hidden heroes, volunteers and soldiers, whose faces are overpainted in a unique way in the photo, faces are replaced by smileys so that they are not recognized, you can see the essence that needs to be temporarily hidden.
This series has become a kind of therapy for the artist. Using post-media rethinking, real photos, looking for similarities in the new reality, the artist learns to live in a new world, gets acquainted with its signs and visual codes.
Sculptures of Lviv protected from bombing, plastic bags with the bodies of the dead, Pope Francis shrouded in the wind, photos of hidden heroes, volunteers and soldiers, whose faces are overpainted in a unique way in the photo, faces are replaced by smileys so that they are not recognized, you can see the essence that needs to be temporarily hidden.
