Chickens, milk, eggs Painting

The work is inspired by reflections on the colonial complexes of my country and its heritage, which is still devalued in Europe. “Chickens, milk, eggs” has been a catchphrase in Belarus since its occupation during the Second World War. Now this phrase illustrates the basic request of the world to our country. I work in the folk genre "drawn carpet". This is a frameless scenic work painted on linen and fitted with wooden slats at the top and bottom and a hanger at the top. In Belarus, a “painted carpet” is considered to be a genre of decorative and applied art. Kitsch even. The name itself suggests that it is a cheap, hand-drawn alternative to Gobelin tapestries, which peasants saw in the pal- aces of the nobility, but they could obviously not afford such luxury. So folk artists painted the “carpets” using cheap, non-professional paint on ordinary rolled black primed canvas. The heyday of the “painted carpets” in Belarus coincided with some of the most horrible moments of the 20th century. World War I, the Revolution of 1917, the civil war, and the Soviet famine. The first attempt at forming an independent state. The “painted carpets” featured fanciful depictions of the biblical paradise, as well as bucolic, love, and battle scenes. Folk artists copied illustrations from the Bible in a rather unskilful manner and had no scruples about making their own inter- pretations of the works of famous painters that they saw in reproductions, postcards, and in the press. Even during the times when the main problem for the Belarusians was their physical survival, they still bought and ordered the “carpets”. Perhaps to them art was one of the few ways to maintain their humanity.

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:47.2 W x 30.7 H x 0.3 D in

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