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Konstantin Pribylov

The Quarantine

Two hands in the sky represents forces of good and evil that are behind the scenes fighting for this world. The girl with one eye in the back is a reference to the girl from Bronzino's "Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time." Which represents two sides of sexual pleasure in that painting - that pleasure comes with a cost. This cost represented in two hands this snake-scorpion girl has - the duality a pleasure (Syphilis is the  subject that is mentioned which was an illness in Bronzino work). In my work, it parallels with Bronzino's subject. It represents duality of pleasure. We want to go outside and take a hike in the mountain, enjoy the view and just spend time outside, yet we can't we are at risk. Nowadays spending time outside it comes at a cost. A couple in hazmat suits are walking away from the mountain to go home, when they confronted by the illness dressed in dark. Tree on the right depicts Acacia tree - represents renewal, fortitude and pureness. People often say that COVID-19 is a phase of Earth cleansing itself from us. The painting took about 3 months to make, 20-30 minutes every day.
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