In the Shadow of the Ellipse II

The painting In the Shadow of the Ellipse II shares its name with a series of paintings of the same title, presented at a solo exhibition at the Platforma 15 gallery.

At every moment of the painting process, the author strives to create a unique system specific to the individual work, into which he incorporates various elements, working-titled as shards or fragments. Through the act of painting itself and these objects, he models the depth and sharpness of the individual layers. These elements are sometimes almost consumed by the paint, while at other times they hover above its surface in their definitive form.

He does not strive to describe reality; rather, he creates alternative concepts of his own understanding of the relationships within the painting itself. He is interested in the moment of the image’s collapse, but also its recovery—an attempt to capture a narratively concise story reduced to a single instant.