PAINTING

PAINTINGS ARE THE OBJECTS



MONITORING SYSTEMS


THEY HAD THEIR TOOLS TOO


 2015


I SHOULD LIKE TO CALL ANXIETY A REPRESSION. NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF ITS DISTRESSING AND UNYIELDING FAITH EFFORTS FASHION – I SEE THE CONCERNS DERIVE FROM SPECIFIC SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF REPRESSION.

THOSE MECHANISMS ARE CONSTANTLY PRESENT, CALM, CASUAL, SLIGHTLY EXALTED, BUT COLD AT THE SAME TIME - ALMOST MOTIONLESS, AS IF HIDING BEHIND THEIR OWN SIGNIFIERS. "IT IS FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY/GOOD!" KIND OF REPRESSION IS SO PERVASIVE IN THE FORM OF A WHOLE THAT IS LEVELED BEHIND "THE BEST EXISTING ALTERNATIVE" NOTION. IT BECOMES A NATURAL AND INTEGRAL PART OF THE EVERYDAY LANDSCAPE. LEAVING ANXIETY A MERE INTERNAL DETECTOR OR SIGNAL OF THE DISCOMFORT.

I EXPLORE AMBIVALENT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EVERYDAY ELEMENTS, ON THE ONE HAND WHEN THINGS ARE OBVIOUS IN THEIR FORM AND SPACE BUT ON THE OTHER - HIDING CONTRADICTORY OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH, BY ITS MERE EXISTENCE, ARISE A WORRYING DOUBT. HOWEVER, THIS HIDDEN IS REVEALED AS A CONDITION FOR THE IMAGE TO BE SEEN AND EXPERIENCED IN GENERAL. THE FORM OF THE OBJECT BECOMES JUST A MARGINAL CATEGORY FROM WHICH ONE CAN LEAN AGAINST JUST TO EXPLORE THE DIALECTICS OF KNOWLEDGE TRUST AND BELIEF.





THEIR TOOLS WERE SILVER TOO


2013

ANXIETY IS A CONSTANT FEELING OF AMBIGUOUS THREAT. THE THREAT IS SIMILAR TO MADNESS, SCHIZOPHRENIA; I SEE IT IN THE USUAL THINGS, FAMILIAR AND STRANGE FACES, LOCATIONS. IT'S LIKE KNOWING THAT POTENTIAL THREATENING SCENARIOS, AND THE DEMON AGENTS ARE "GATHERED" AROUND AND WATCHING MY LIFE. THEIR “DISEASE” OPENS SUDDENLY, AS IF I RECOVER MY SIGHT FOR A MOMENT, BUT THEN THE IMAGE RETURNS TO NORMAL. HOWEVER, I ALREADY KNOW "THEIR" SECRET RELIANCE ON THE DEMON WORLD. IT IS A BIT LIKE A DREAM OR DELIRIUM. MY HEROES, LIKE AN INCREASING NUMBER OF ITEMS IN A COLLECTOR'S ALBUM, FORM NEW THREATENING POSSIBLE EVENT COMBINATIONS WITH EACH. I KNOW THAT I HAVE TO WATCH “THEM” TOO. SOMEHOW, I BELIEVE THAT MY OBSERVATION DOES NOT ALLOW THEM TO "ACT.” IT IS AN ATTEMPT TO DOCUMENT THE INVISIBLE, TO FIND CRACKS OVER THE NEGATIVE MATTER. AS MUCH AS I AM ANXIOUS, I AM ALSO CONSTANTLY DRAWN TO IT.

I WANT TO PULL OUT THOSE DEMON SECRET AGENTS OF THE METAPHYSICAL, "SECRET" AREA INTO THE DAYLIGHT (THE CANVAS); THEREFORE, I PAINT THEIR PORTRAITS. I WANT TO LOOK THEM IN THE EYE. I WANT TO EXPOSE "THEM." I TRY TO DESCRIBE "THEM" REALISTICALLY, CLEARLY, WITHOUT UNNECESSARY EMBELLISHMENT AND SENTIMENTALITY. BUT THEN I NOTICE THAT THEY HID AGAIN... I AM LEFT WITH JUST MY KNOWLEDGE, BUT NOTHING TO BE SHOWN TO PROVE IT. I AM STILL LOOKING FOR THE TRACES OF MY KNOWING ABOUT “THEM.” (EXTRACT OF ART WRITING)