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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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