Three Prime causes and Two collateral revelations
Personal mythology and breakup crisis
Three Prime causes and Two collateral revelations (polyptych), 2019
Watercolor, watercolor pencils, ink, artist's blood on paper
50x150 cm
Watercolor, watercolor pencils, ink, artist's blood on paper
50x150 cm
"Three Prime causes and Two collateral revelations" is a visual poem in five parts, where each image is a grotesque illustration about Tanya and her misadventures in the style of children poem "Our Tanya is crying out loud…" (Agniya Barto). Tanya has grown now but she's still crying out loud — but not because of the ball. As in any poem, the verbal component is very important in this work: each part has a certain slogan that reveals its meaning. By its format, this polyptych can be called "altar" - it consists of nine parts and has a clear ideological and semantic hierarchy of images. The images may be divided into central, collateral and commenting parts.
"Three Prime causes" is the central part of the work. The reasons and acts of verbal "self-flagellation", which explain to all viewers and to the heroine herself, why Tanya is not the person with whom it is worth continuing to deal, and generally not the person who is worth loving. The central parts are highlighted among the rest of the circles and interconnected by primary colors (red, yellow, blue) and decorative nets.
"Three Prime causes" is the central part of the work. The reasons and acts of verbal "self-flagellation", which explain to all viewers and to the heroine herself, why Tanya is not the person with whom it is worth continuing to deal, and generally not the person who is worth loving. The central parts are highlighted among the rest of the circles and interconnected by primary colors (red, yellow, blue) and decorative nets.
"Tanya is ideal, BUT it's not enough." Tanya is good in all respects, but something is still missing. Tanya is depicted here in the form of a warrior, a knight, to whom a man's boot "but" was thrown right in her face. Instead of the traditional red, the heroine holds a white flag — a symbol of surrender, a plea for an end to hostilities. Tanks, guns and erect penises are symbols of Tanya's war for her worth against the male attributes — a war that she is losing.
"I love Tanya AS a creature RATHER AS a woman." In terms of physiology, Tanya is all right and even somewhat hypertrophied, but she is not sexually attractive, and she can only be identified as a freak, an asexual creature without a face.
"EVEN a Wart left Tanya" Even such an insignificant creature as a Wart left Tanya without permit, let alone superior creatures. The Wart cries, carries its humble bundle of what it has acquired living 8 years with Tanya, tries to justify its act, but living together has become unbearable, and the Wart goes away forever and to nowhere.
"Two collateral revelations" are attempts to overcome the crisis, Tanya's attempts to find sympathy, understanding and love, but even here there is nothing encouraging. The color scheme of these parts is orange and purple, formed by mixing two primary colors.
The First collateral revelation. "How can you say "NO" to the magic between us." It turned out that even with a strong mutual attraction, another person can refuse Tanya due to his personal circumstances. Not everyone says "yes".
The Second collateral revelation. "I would fall in love with you IF you were 300 years younger." Tanya meets very similar creatures, but in all cases there is a very good reason why they cannot be together.
The First collateral revelation. "How can you say "NO" to the magic between us." It turned out that even with a strong mutual attraction, another person can refuse Tanya due to his personal circumstances. Not everyone says "yes".
The Second collateral revelation. "I would fall in love with you IF you were 300 years younger." Tanya meets very similar creatures, but in all cases there is a very good reason why they cannot be together.
The commenting parts are four small circles representing the path that the heart travels in the process of healing, and artifacts or phenomena corresponding to this process: from a broken heart and alcoholism to a healed and sophisticated - wisdom tooth.
