All The Lost Children Drawing

This work is from series of drawings inspired by « Lessons of Persian », a theater piece by Russian screenwriter and director Gennady Ostrovsky. « Lessons of Persian » is dedicated to Holocaust memories - yes, there is still a story left untold. It is a story about a father in a concentration camp who tries to save his son from death. He teaches an imaginary language of Persian to his Sturmbannführer who has a life-long dream to learn this language. Reality, historical facts, grotesque and nightmares are merged together. Ostrovsky creates a poetical reality, constructed from words, which is full of sad laughter. He questions our humanity lovingly, but very sharply. I was lucky to read his work and to create my own impressions of it. It resonates very deeply with contemporary political and social situation. The quest of hero's son, the impossible dream to save him reminded me of Syrian children, dying in bomb explosions and sarin gas attacks. Each image of Syrian children made me think me of my own child who sleeps peacefully in his bed, while these children will be sleeping for eternity. It was like nothing has changed and the world has learned nothing from atrocities committed before. Every war is just a lawful, justified murder. I hope my spectators will be challenged to contemplate and question their own thoughts, their social surroundings and their possibilities to influence it. These drawings are created on self-made, second-hand paper. My goal was to create not only emotionally enticing but also environment-friendly artworks. I have used all kinds of water soluble colors, pastels and pencils. The borders of drawings are irregular, it brings out the fragmentary, delusional nature of these suffering-inspired images. Also, it is a natural characteristic of a hand-made paper.

Drawing:Graphite on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:27.6 W x 18.9 H x 0.1 D in

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