"The Brain and the Snail" Painting

Larycheva Iryna (Budarina) is a Ukrainian visual artist whose practice is largely based on a combination of the history of anatomical art and morphology. Her work draws from many different influences: psychology, criminology, forensic science, history, anatomy and biology. Iryna’s idea is to mix two worlds - one visible, the other invisible, ontics and ontology, and to make this connection visible in a concrete form. The main idea of ​​creativity is man as a form of life, and the human body as a mystery, as a border between worlds and as a horizon that can only be felt. Now Iryna Larycheva carries out her artistic activities in the city of Viterbo, Italy, where she was forced to move in March 2022 after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine.