Volodymyr Podlevsky

Volodymyr Podlevskyi works in easel painting and levkas.
Time in his paintings has no past and no future, it is a constant repetition of plots and images that rotate in the spiral of Chronos.

Postmodernism as a worldview and aesthetics of the artist allows him to create a European myth that unites the once split Western and Eastern empires into a single cultural space. At the same time, the artist creates a mix of the best that European nations have done throughout their history.

"Dreams of the Ocean" (painting: "Princess of the Ocean") - paintings created during a trip to India, in which the author embodied the sensual and spicy spirit of this mysterious eastern country. Warm natural colours, fairy-tale and mythical mood, spiritualised images, light haze - a hint of illusory existence.

The central image of the cycle is the Ocean, the soul of the world. Water carries a powerful energy of life, a sacred archaic force," the master says. To emphasise the divine nature of the ocean, the author depicted it in gold, silver and copper colours.

The idea of travelling is a red thread that runs through all of Podlevsky's work. Due to his frequent and long journeys, the author's paintings are characterised by vivid psychological portraits of nations, a combination of Western and Eastern subjects in a single cultural space (traditional holidays, festivities, customs), ancient and biblical interpretation of the origin of the world. The master's paintings contain a mystery, an encrypted meaning, a mythical and philosophical hint.