191

191 - number of the Odesa route taxi running from the Memorial of the 411th Battery to the Peresypsky Bridge. The route line runs along the outskirts, surrounding the city center in a circle: through the sleeping areas of Cheryomushki and Tairovo, catching Moldavanka, along the conditional border of Slobodka - along Balkovskaya street. This path is a symbol of the eternal return - the road home. The plot is repeated: the noise of the minibus, flashing landscapes, scattered attention. Hypnagogia - an intermediate state between reality and sleep - becomes suitable for spontaneous sacred experiences.In this state, it is possible to catch the details, usually hidden by its insignificance, to make out the jungle in the thickets of weeds, and in stray dogs and cats - the guards of sleeping areas.​
Curator Volodymyr Chigrinetz
Museon space, Odesa
2020 y.


Night smoking
Series 191
Paper, acryl, oil, watercolor
110x152.5 cm
2020 y.​
411
oil on canvas
200x300 cm
2020 y.
Memorial of the 411th coastal battery, Odesa. The memorial complex is dedicated to the heroic defense of Odessa during the Second World War.Odesa is a hero city that put up fierce resistance to the enemy in 1941. The city's defense continued for 73 days, a significant contribution made by the coastal batteries of the Odesa Naval Base, including the 411th.Submarine "Malyutka" (M-296), the smallest in the fleet of those times and the largest exhibit of the memorial.