Kateryna Kobylyanska

Works

Series of works "Reducing the Weight of Paradoxes"
Canvas, mixed technique

All situations or objects known to me reveal opposition in their manifestations upon detailed examination. When we try to eliminate them or choose only one side - it leads to internal conflict. Because by removing the part that seems contradictory, the very essence of what is observed will crumble. But what if we look not through the eyes of "either, or," but from the position of "both, and." When we accept all sides of a paradoxical situation, the weight of contradiction decreases. We get the ability to see phenomena not as flat, but as volumetric. If we don't make them heavier in our heads, on the contrary, they make us lighter.
The polyptych of my five works illustrates the stretch of paradox perception. This includes both focus on a narrow unambiguous trajectory, cleared of the selection process, surrounded by light and clarity. And tangled paths that crack from the tension of selection and wave with quantum fields. Intersecting lines of hologram worlds that contrast with the weights of one-sided certainty. And those who have entered the spiral of harmony, the opposition of color and texture. And finally, the path along the chosen bright line, from which neither paradoxes, nor darkness around, nor distracting triggers can knock you off. Without paradoxes, life probably wouldn't be as fun. Therefore, I invite you to discover within yourself ways to befriend them.