Painting “X is for Harkivska” (2020)
Marianna Maslova, "X means Kharkivska", 2020, etching, paper, 35х25 cm, author's print, Kyiv
Print from a series about the Kharkiv region on the Left Bank of Kyiv. The sleeping areas are filled and overcrowded with high-rise buildings, the houses are full of pieces of insulation, a variety of balconies, windows and air conditioners. All this colorful carpet from different destinies of people creates another world according to its own rules of aesthetics, although rather in the absence of the aesthetics.
Etching as a technique of printed graphics helps to show the image of sleeping areas, when houses are superimposed on each other, standing in rows, like twins. And in this uniformity the person is guided as in the wood - on details on facades.
Each district of Kyiv has its own name, and I created a kind of alphabet. There are also prints "T - means Troieschyna", "G - means Holosiivska".
I work with graphic techniques that help show the rhythmicity and repetition of modern architecture. The etching also reveals the theme of botany, the cyclical nature of the world. I transform things into new codes or symbols that become the new modern alphabet. I also experiment with printed techniques and zero-waste art.
Life during the war
On February 24, I decided to stay in Kyiv, at home, to help ьн relatives and neighbors.
Only about two weeks after the start of the war I was able to think about art and work.
During this time, my relatives from Kyiv went abroad, and my niece and her friend were safely evacuated from Bucha via the Irpin Bridge.
I decided to sell my artworks and send 70% to the volunteers and official foundations. Thank you everyone, who help!
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