Series "Remaindrers". The mustard one
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Year | 2017 |
Material | Object. Wood, hinges |
Size | D: 100 cm. Glass |
"Observations of how beauty is organized in working interiors resulted in a whole visual study for me. The decoration that workers do in their rare free moments does not solve aesthetic issues. It is similar to a road worker writing his name on the asphalt, or a painter trying his hand at depicting something with the remains of paint. Of course, as an artist, I do not try to get used to the image of such a worker. Although my method of work strives for such a form, I, nevertheless, analyzing the visual of the working environment, try to reconstruct the image and forms, using the "ordinary" that remains unnoticed when viewed from the environment of the creative work process. Here, different dimensions of interaction with the same substances are discovered. On the one hand, sawdust from the carpentry workshop becomes elements of three-dimensional collages, on the other - compositions, where it is essential that the scrap remains untouched, not transformed, but only arranged in space. The only interest is that it is discarded from production, as an unnecessary part of matter.
Looking at all these things that inspire me, I came to the conclusion that it is necessary to conduct a second selection among the seemingly already discarded elements, to conduct an artificial selection and another culling. The paintings in the project also have an element of marriage, allowing one to look beyond the image and thus seem to neutralize the thing".
Text: Semyon Motolyanets