Beneath the layers lies a work I presented in 2024: a macro photograph of an acrylic painting in the colors of the Ukrainian flag, arranged like a mandala, from which a demon emerged. This time I painted over it again and again in vivid colors, finally covering it entirely in black and coating it with resin, until it came to resemble a map of the world. Painted over, erased, and covered once more in black, a memory of the world has surfaced. Beneath it sleep the colors of the Ukrainian flag, the mandala, and the figure of the demon.
Sealed in resin, the surface looks like a map of the world, and also like a map of our inner selves.

Diatomaceous earth, photograph on layers, acrylic, resin

Size: 150cm x 91cm x 6cm