THE SEAGULL
One more work from the series of city birds. For this moment, I will probably stop.
Living in an urban environment, a person feels his incredible alienation from the world he originated. It seems to be almost insoluble existential issue to overcome the eternal feeling of loneliness caused by the gap between I(ego) and the rest of the universe. People permanently «expand» their egos by frantic purchasing gadgets, clothes, cars, building monstrously gigantic entertainment shopping centers, cleaning out the space from the life itself, and replacing it with useless things. This way the individual consoles himself with the illusion that there is some indestructible substance, something that he can buy and actually obtain a new hypostasis of himself. However, this turns out to be just a primitive illusion of immortality. It is indisputable fact that such state of affairs does not answer vital existential questions. On the contrary, it obscures the mind, fills it with fictions, suppressing genuine human needs.
Therefore, birds in the city space are the reminders of who we really are, where do we come from and how can we find at least a small hint to solve the great mystery we call life.
Material: Patinated bronze
Size: 23 х 19.5 х 8 cm
2018
