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Bon courage

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Bon courage (fr. good luck), courage (fr. courage), coeur (fr. heart)

The installation is both a wish for good luck, a reminder of wisdom, and that true courage comes from the heart. The red balls are threads of destiny, a symbol that is reflected in many cultures and pre-Christian myths. The original ball can be interpreted as the collective unconscious, from which we all read field energies, thoughts and feelings.

It seems that if all the threads come from the same ball, then everything is predetermined and does not everything is predetermined and doesn't depend on a man. But it's not so - everyone is free to choose his or her own thread of destiny and change it another according to one's will.

 

2023

Part of the installation

approximate size 50 x 50 cm

woven basket, wool thread

Wish map

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2022

approximate size 80 x 100 cm

Wood, cotton and woolen threads, objects (crystals, stones, wood,Feathers, flowers, toys, cards)

The main canvas of the map of desires is made in the macrame technique, which sends back Nostalgia for the Soviet way of life (the traditional "grandmother's" Interior decorations) and to the ancient Slavic knot magic.

One of the most common ways of transmitting magical power, fulfilling wishes or getting rid of troubles were nauzy or knots. Nauzas could be as simple knots on a string or thread, or contained a special filler (herbs, magical things, roots, salt, bones, animal skin, snake heads, etc.).

I combine traditional Slavic nauzas to attract good luck, love, wealth with modern symbols - toys, lego elements, toys, elements of lego, jewelry. The work also gently teases out the popularization of wish cards in today's media space, while at the same time emphasizing the importance of working internally and externally on one's intentions through the choice of medium (quite time-consuming and painstaking).

Art for dolls

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If contemporary art is context-dependent, then is it devalued if it is placed in a dollhouse? If the painting was shown in a white cube and recognized by institutions as an object of contemporary art, then does the canvas become a mere decoration for the dollhouse?

This work is a reflection on demonstrative consumption, in in which, in Kossuth's words, the work of art is reduced to the status of a winning ticket in a cultural lottery, the ultimate goal is not to buy something that is already value, but the construction of that value and the the substitution of cultural authority for financial authority.

2022

Installation

approximate dimensions 110 x 60 x 40 cm

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Per versare
2022
Foam, glass mat, plaster
60 x 80 cm

 

Heal me
2021
Foamplex, acrylic plaster,
acrylic, absorbent cotton

40 х 40 cm

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Garde moi

Garde moi
2021
Foam, glass mat, plaster, screen
Approximate dimensions 100 x 100 cm
Sculptural object with a screen in the middle. 
In the hole there is a broadcast
a video image with a recording 
of the eye.

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In times of despair and sorrow,
where do you find hope?

2021
Canvas, acrylic, plaster, jute
60 x 80 cm

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Contact: Asya@AsyaAseeva.com
Instagram: @de.mon.ame

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