holy lines
2024
This is an allusion to Hutsul icons on glass in an alternative painting reality. Something very recognizable, mundane, and at the same time unexpected and sacred.
The works satirize the theme of traditional spirituality and the escape from the problems of the material world.
In my metaphysical universe, any animal can be worshiped, and the value of nature is equated with religious archetypes. Where the lynx lives like a human, nature becomes the center of worship.
The lynx is the largest wild cat in Europe, listed in the Red Book of Ukraine, suffering due to the reduction of its habitat in the Carpathians (deforestation, tourism) and trophy hunting.
