The language of painting is, for me, a means of communication, of conveying ideas and coded messages that are intended as signs in my canvases whereas colors, shapes and planes are metaphors. Another component of my works is installations in the form of geometric structures that create a new space, imaginary but also tangible. The viewers can either interact with this space of emain outside observers.
Working at the interface of abstract and representative painting, distorting spaces and images of the real world, I present the audience with a different point of view, my own take on things, an attempt at pushing the envelope of perception.
In this fluid and fast-paced world that is changing across all dimensions, the role of a person—their place in life, choices and individuality—are increasingly blurred. The need for universality and rational perception of reality is gaining prominence. Internal Labyrinths is a metaphor and a reflection of interactions between the inner and outer worlds, an attempt at self-identification in this new reality.
Images of people emerge in the canvases, people that are transforming, fading away, constantly moving, looking more like a shadow devoid of any individuality. These are images of a human being confined by buildings, other people, dialogues, social systems—these binding frameworks are materialized as physical structures and engage the audience into interactions with the space of the painting and invite to become a part of it.
Internal Labyrinths is a dialogue with the viewer, a call to contemplate their choices, the world around them and their reality. This series of paintings—where the artistic language is expressive, emotional and visceral rather than analytical
or rational—is an attempt at looking into the internal, personal “labyrinth.”