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The very first word I paid attention to in Mariupol was “Shelter.” It’s written at the railway station, around the city, in the dormitory, where our art residency was located. While reflecting on the notions of the shelter, safety, and intimacy, I focused on the Mariupol sea, which seemed to me very defenseless and disfigured. Azovstal, massive cranes in the port, iron piers, dirty water with the pieces of anthracite, absence of fish and jellyfish. The water of this sea even smells differently. Not like the seawater in the ecologically clean area should smell. I drew the underwater mosque in the form of a jellyfish, surrounded by the jellyfish, to show the underwater place of safety and protection. The place where we can hide from the dirty water and polluted air. The mosque on the painting peers out of the water, as if inviting to enter the state of calmness and grace. Also, there is a terricone mountain in the background. The rain on the painting symbolizes the tears of the sea, which is crying for its purity and integrity. The painting was exhibited: 28 September – 28 October 2019 – Diffusion, the final exhibition of the art residency, Kramatorsk Museum of Art, Kramatorsk, Ukraine 13 – 28 September 2019 – Diffusion, the final exhibition of the art residency “Diffusion”, Center of modern art by Arkhip Kuindzhi, Mariupol, Ukraine
2019
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16 W x 12 H x 1.25 D in
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My name is Olena Kayinska. I'm an artist. I'm happy to do what I love the most. I want to make you happy as well with the help of my paintings. My paintings-dreams take the observers inside, to the subconscious, to the core. Trying to find the inner self, the observer wanders through the imaginary world, fantastic forests, filled with symbolic images and archetypical symbols, inhabited with mysterious creatures, each of which provides a guide to the final destination – our heart. My aim is to make people happier. My paintings show the endlessness of obvious and unobvious relationships in this world with the help of mysterious storylines with the metaphysical sense. Being the guide between the worlds, I mix reality and magic in a genuine meditative form of my witchcraft. Direct ascetism of the flat surfaces, completeness, and persuasiveness of the compositions, seamless statics, graphical coding of the deep sense into the schematic images, order, and rhythm of the painting focus the observer’s attention on what is underneath. I want to return the observers to the pure, sincere, and spontaneous experience of the outer world, which we all had in our childhood. Children observe the world as it is, directly, without thinking. My paintings are childishly simple and straightforward. They help recall the child’s state of trust and safety, the state of interest in the world around, the state of fabulousness and love. As if you are being held in hands and told a fairy tale. When we manage to recall this fundamental state and restore the feeling of trust and pureness, the world starts showing us its magnanimous side. My paintings are portals of returning to the pure child’s state of mind and to the joy of being.
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