Rest Area — a place for calm and reset. Visitors can have a glass of wine, brew some tea, simply sit without doing anything, and allow their thoughts to slow down. Within the logic of the project, this zone becomes a necessary pause between observation, participation, and acceptance.
There are no works here that demand resolution or provoke inner tension for the artist. Most often, this status is given to paintings that have resonated with viewers, have been purchased, or gifted. Only a few works are accepted by the artist without external confirmation, when he agrees with their sense of completion on his own.
In the context of the entire exhibition, this zone marks a rare state of balance — a moment when the process is temporarily suspended and presence does not require action.
Throughout the exhibition, several films that have influenced the artist's work will be screened in this area:
- January 11, 6:00 PM — The Color of Pomegranates (Sergei Parajanov)
- January 12, 6:00 PM — Scenes by the Sea (Takeshi Kitano)
- January 13, 6:00 PM — Perfect days (Wim Wenders)
- January 14, 6:00 PM — Art Life (David Lynch)
- January 15, 7:00 PM — Closing
Studio — The most important part of the exhibition is the process itself. Here, the Artist works on sketches for future paintings and other creative projects. Rough drafts, fragments of phrases, and spontaneous drawings on scraps of paper remain in constant motion, layering over one another before forming an idea. Some sketches are transferred to canvas immediately; others may stay on the sketch board for years, waiting for their moment.
The Artist invites visitors to join the creative process: anyone can take materials from the table and participate in making sketches. The resulting works can be taken home or attached to the shared board, where they will merge with the artist's sketches and those of other participants and, passing through a chain of interpretations, gain new life within the compositions of future works. These may be sketches, symbols, or isolated phrases — anything that resonates within you in the present moment.
Exhibition — This zone presents works that are close to completion yet still remain in a state of artistic formation. The artist may return to these paintings after months or even years; however, revisiting them does not always bring a sense of final certainty. Doubt, pause, and reconsideration here are part of the everyday routine — or an integral part of the artistic method.
The most intense and vulnerable stage of an artist's work is the moment when a piece already exists but has not yet acquired its final form or status. In this intermediate state, the works are presented to the viewer for the first time, inviting them to become witnesses and participants in the process of decision and acceptance.
