Human and things

"Human and things"
canvas, oil, 57x70cm
2023

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The human profile in this work is not opposed to the world of objects — it is almost assembled through it. The face, with its closed eye, holds a sense of calm and inward composure, yet everything around it is arranged as a system of signs, forms, and objects that do not function as mere background. The large black-and-green circle behind the head acts like a field of thought or shadow, the spheres create a sense of fragile balance, and the vertical color blocks together with the sharper geometric elements construct the space as a scene of order, measurement, and control. The golden ornament at the temple introduces into this rational structure a trace of memory, culture, and corporeality — something living that cannot be reduced to pure construction.

Human and things exist here not separately, but in a constant inner exchange. The objects do not simply surround the figure — they shape the figure’s way of being in the world, its distance, rhythm, and boundaries. That is why the work reads not as a still life with a portrait, but as an image of consciousness that strives for clarity while remaining embedded in a system of external forms. It is this union of the sensual and the structured that gives the image its precision: it carries silence, discipline, and the strange vulnerability of a human presence that remains alive among things, yet can no longer be fully separated from them.