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How do you follow advice that you easily give to others, yet struggle to apply yourself? This is the essence of Solomon’s Paradox. Here, the surrounding space finally becomes clear, and the “bubble of isolation” fills with vibrant color transitions.
From above, as if through a porthole, another figure enters the space of the circle. “This is neither victory nor a happy ending. It is an opportunity to make an effort — you either move toward it, or return again to the cycle of primal reactions,” notes Olena Koliesnik.
It is a moment alone with choice: to remain in a safe cage or to risk opening up to the world again. Again, and again, and once more.
Note: The final work of the “Stupor” section from the series “Solomon’s Paradox.” The full series consists of 18 works created at the intersection of psychology, exploring reptilian survival instincts and the artist’s lived experience of emigration.
ARCHES Cold Pressed paper, 31 × 41 cm, 2023. Ukraine.
From above, as if through a porthole, another figure enters the space of the circle. “This is neither victory nor a happy ending. It is an opportunity to make an effort — you either move toward it, or return again to the cycle of primal reactions,” notes Olena Koliesnik.
It is a moment alone with choice: to remain in a safe cage or to risk opening up to the world again. Again, and again, and once more.
Note: The final work of the “Stupor” section from the series “Solomon’s Paradox.” The full series consists of 18 works created at the intersection of psychology, exploring reptilian survival instincts and the artist’s lived experience of emigration.
ARCHES Cold Pressed paper, 31 × 41 cm, 2023. Ukraine.
Artist
Olena Koliesnik
Material
ARCHES paper, watercolor
SIZE
31 × 41 cm