Year of creation | 2023 |
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Dimensions | 50 W × 70 H × 2 D cm |
Type of art | painting |
Style | contemporary art |
Genre | history |
Materials | gouache, cardboard |
Type of packaging | cardboard box |
The plot suggested itself. Ukraine is beautiful, but the Russian invasion hurt it very much, and there is also a corrupt government... the death of the nation's best people, the suffering of mothers, wives, orphans... I wrote the picture while being treated in the hospital. Having almost lost his sight, which was caused by a contusion... the picture is a cry of the soul.
Serhiy Nazarenko was born in Khmelnytskyi in the city of Izyaslav on December 18, 1972. His grandfather, Anatoly Nazarenko, was an artist, so Serhiy learned about artistic creativity from an early age. Growing up, I was drawn to art. Art school, drawing competitions, where he constantly took an active part. In 1989, he entered the Moscow Higher Correspondence University of Arts, but due to the collapse of the union, he had to leave his studies. In the future, he rarely wrote, engaged in more design work. In 2015, he joined the ATO as a volunteer, followed by a contract... he resigned in 2020 and already here, as if for rehabilitation and in search of himself after the war, he picked up the paintbrush again. Started working. 2022 war and he is back in the army. Loads, stress, old injuries made themselves felt. Hospital one, two, three...while being treated, I had the opportunity to write, my style changed, I switched from oil to gouache, so it was more accessible. The religious theme came naturally...