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"Portrait of a Shared Secret"
Acrylic on Piasentina stone, 6.5" high (about 16.5 cm)
All art copyright 2008 Vladislav Shabalin
The second work, CATHARSIS, [above], is a small painted sculpture in
Piasentina Stone (a typical stone of Friuli, the area where I live). I made
it only a few weeks ago [in 2008] specially for the MUM. I thought of Russian
traditional dolls (matrioskas) as symbols of the multiple secrets of women's
nature, and wanted to combine the idea of immortality and endless reproduction
suggested by the phoenix, the legendary and mysterious bird who is consumed
in fire and rises from her (as she is undoubtedly female) own ashes. The
matrioska and the phoenix stand also for the magic that I perceive, without
totally understanding it, in the female body. The style of the painting
in acrylic colour is meant to evoke the art of ancient civilizations and
emphasize the continuity, through procreation, of the history of humanity
[see an ancient bowl from Perú). All these
elements, and the menstrual blood, concur to represent a deeply felt need
for catharsis and renewal.
Vladislav Shabalin
For some information on my work: www.easternartgallery.com
See the artisit's first work.
I thank Mr. Shabalin for his wonderful gift!
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