Great battle for faith
While thinking up the plot for my new painting, built around some regular life drama, I suddenly realized that nothing shocks people as much as criticism, which can destroy any ambition and potential. Artists and people of art have perhaps a special place in this topic. Being vulnerable and overly sensitive natures, they often fall under the merciless wheels of criticism, which often has no solid foundation and weighty arguments.
This picture is intended to reveal this theme through the example of the main character (fragment 1) - a young artist with an unstable psyche, dependent on the opinion of others, who is attacked by a group of critics (fragment 2) and is suspended between hope and faith in a bright future and complete disappointment, melancholy and apathy. The struggle between these two states is depicted in the form of a double face, symbolizing resistance and opposition as opposed to despondency and fear of rejection. The image of death opposite the artist acts here as a harbinger of the protagonist's demise as a creative unit (fragment 3)
In order to breathe an element of hope into this painting, I have included in it two of what I consider to be the brightest artists who have managed to overcome the wave of criticism and misunderstanding, preserving their creative face and, as a result, achieving tremendous success.
Marc Chagall and Francis Bacon (fragment 4)
Chagall, who was subjected to a barrage of criticism in Russia and flatly refused to promote in his art, actual at that time socialist realism and suprimatism, left the country, moving to France, where his art was accepted and appreciated at face value.
Francis Bacon, on the other hand, was rejected by critics when he tried to take part in a Surrealist exhibition, but he found the strength to overcome resentment and apathy, found his signature style and became one of the most successful artists of our time.
Let this painting serve as a reminder to you that on the way to the goal, your faith in it should remain unshakable.
Year completed: 2024
Dimensions: 100*140
Medium / materials: Canvas / acrylyc
Name: Vlad blastov
While thinking up the plot for my new painting, built around some regular life drama, I suddenly realized that nothing shocks people as much as criticism, which can destroy any ambition and potential. Artists and people of art have perhaps a special place in this topic. Being vulnerable and overly sensitive natures, they often fall under the merciless wheels of criticism, which often has no solid foundation and weighty arguments.
This picture is intended to reveal this theme through the example of the main character (fragment 1) - a young artist with an unstable psyche, dependent on the opinion of others, who is attacked by a group of critics (fragment 2) and is suspended between hope and faith in a bright future and complete disappointment, melancholy and apathy. The struggle between these two states is depicted in the form of a double face, symbolizing resistance and opposition as opposed to despondency and fear of rejection. The image of death opposite the artist acts here as a harbinger of the protagonist's demise as a creative unit (fragment 3)
In order to breathe an element of hope into this painting, I have included in it two of what I consider to be the brightest artists who have managed to overcome the wave of criticism and misunderstanding, preserving their creative face and, as a result, achieving tremendous success.
Marc Chagall and Francis Bacon (fragment 4)
Chagall, who was subjected to a barrage of criticism in Russia and flatly refused to promote in his art, actual at that time socialist realism and suprimatism, left the country, moving to France, where his art was accepted and appreciated at face value.
Francis Bacon, on the other hand, was rejected by critics when he tried to take part in a Surrealist exhibition, but he found the strength to overcome resentment and apathy, found his signature style and became one of the most successful artists of our time.
Let this painting serve as a reminder to you that on the way to the goal, your faith in it should remain unshakable.
This picture is intended to reveal this theme through the example of the main character (fragment 1) - a young artist with an unstable psyche, dependent on the opinion of others, who is attacked by a group of critics (fragment 2) and is suspended between hope and faith in a bright future and complete disappointment, melancholy and apathy. The struggle between these two states is depicted in the form of a double face, symbolizing resistance and opposition as opposed to despondency and fear of rejection. The image of death opposite the artist acts here as a harbinger of the protagonist's demise as a creative unit (fragment 3)
In order to breathe an element of hope into this painting, I have included in it two of what I consider to be the brightest artists who have managed to overcome the wave of criticism and misunderstanding, preserving their creative face and, as a result, achieving tremendous success.
Marc Chagall and Francis Bacon (fragment 4)
Chagall, who was subjected to a barrage of criticism in Russia and flatly refused to promote in his art, actual at that time socialist realism and suprimatism, left the country, moving to France, where his art was accepted and appreciated at face value.
Francis Bacon, on the other hand, was rejected by critics when he tried to take part in a Surrealist exhibition, but he found the strength to overcome resentment and apathy, found his signature style and became one of the most successful artists of our time.
Let this painting serve as a reminder to you that on the way to the goal, your faith in it should remain unshakable.
Year completed: 2024
Dimensions: 100*140
Medium / materials: Canvas / acrylyc
Name: Vlad blastov
Fragment 1. Artist
Fragment 2. Group of critics
Fragment 3. Death
