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United Kingdom
Mixed Media, Oil on Wood
Size: 12.2 W x 13.8 H x 1.6 D in
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This icon is painted in the semi-dualistic style combining Suprematic philosophy with the archaic essence of faith. The surface of the iconic body is divided into basic spiritual levels, different in color and texture, which visualise the complexity of the human belief. The black and white design of the angel's body in the center of the gold frame emphasises the simplicity and purity of the individual religious feeling against the sophisticated background of dogmas and canons. A rotating mechanism in the very center of the angelic figure represents the active processes occurring in the soul of each believer and proving the clockwise movement of the Milky Way galaxy. INSTRUCTIONS: Push the black button at the bottom for sacred object activation. COMMENT: The deep purple stripe at the bottom of the icon symbolises the unity of all opposites and contributes to inner concentration, detachment from the world, which is necessary for spiritual purification. If this color often appears in your dreams, it may indicate that something radically changes in your life soon. This may be pregnancy, death or deep internal changes. If you put a purple stone (for example, amethyst) under a pillow before going to bed, you can see prophetic dreams. Violet color, like all cold shades, lowers your blood pressure and appetite. It will clear your subconscious from negative memories and restore spiritual harmony.
Mixed Media:Oil on Wood
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:12.2 W x 13.8 H x 1.6 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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Ships From:United Kingdom.
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United Kingdom
Born in the USSR. Studied in Russia and UK. Live and work in London. I create icons, but my forms of iconography are unlike any other. My icons are contemporary cultural hybrids; unusual, unnerving, stark and controversial. “Oleg's highly attractive ‘symbolic sculptures’ may not seem innocuous, but they are beguiling – and contain a myriad of tensions. He has transformed the art of icon making – the all-powerful nature of a created symbol – and tried to liberate the icons which pervade society, from their conventional roles. His art joins precise sacred paintings with interactive electronics, such as microchips, mobile phones, radios and plastic toys – juxtaposing religious iconography with modern consumerism. But the creating this symbiosis between the imagery of modern world and the religious myths, Oleg has created a new commentary on popular culture. His icons represent the changing times of our society, peoples attitudes, politics, and as he says “the unification of two polar things: old magic and new technologies.” The art which Oleg produces has the unique ability of provoking the mind and the heart, which makes it doubly combustible. What’s interesting is how our environment has become so pervaded with icons, so saturated with symbols which aren’t just revered, but also derided, spoofed, and mixed, that people seem to have become immune to any mixing that takes place, and can be comfortably indifferent to the amalgamation of sacred symbols.” Brandon Hooper Oleg Ikona has exhibited widely in Europe and America, bailed as a witty inventor, cosmopolitan and poetic; yet in Russia be encounters widespread State and Church criticism for the anti-religious morality of his work. At 2004 after religious attacks on his art he left Russia for UK as refugee. His studio with art works in St. Petersburg burned down a month after he escaped. No one found guilty.
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