Oil and acrylic on canvas, 150 x 120 cm.
2024
"There are times when everything seems wonderful... In the shadow of the crises bombarding the world, we think strongly about returning to the basics of life - to nature, to the cultivation of relationships with others, to improvisation, and to new sources of magic and rituals. The pessimistic climate of our time, in the shadow of the environmental catastrophe, coronavirus, mass migrations, the war in Ukraine..., all this makes rationalism fail, makes man helpless. Posthumanism gives much food for thought. It asks what we can learn from plants, animals, the elements. Crisis is an opportunity for change. Change asks for reflection and a journey. Each in its own way presents its own journey. The simple one involving physical movement or the inner mysterious one - creating a New Reality - if only possible in the imagination. In the so-called generation of the end of the world, and at the same time the beginning of the world, it is meta-space that becomes the field to escape with one's thoughts. It is an inner journey to different Lands... some increasingly imaginary or computerized. In the series "New Reality" I paint, among other things, abstract humanoid cyborgs - planets with a human head. I mix my imagination with artificial intelligence, thus creating a New Reality that we could inhabit and feel its proximity. A reality that would retain the tenderness of home in its abstraction. In these works I tried to capture the essence of time and the human spirit. It is a surreal fusion of emotion and intellect, a metaphysical journey of self. The abstract forms and futuristic atmosphere invite a reflective odyssey, encouraging introspection. A work of art is a sanctuary of thought, simultaneously encompassing past, present and future. It has meaning if it exudes deep energy, evoking curiosity and delight."
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