Yulia PINKUSEVICH (b. 1982 Kharkov, Ukraine)
MAELSTROM, 2023
Acrylic, ink, pencil,charcoal, glitter, barnacles,
cannon beach pigments, houkai saki pigment,
momoiro pigment on canvas.
101. x 65 in. / 256.5 x 165.1 cm.
Maelstrom is defined as a powerful circular current of water, a whirlpool or vortex which is usually the result of conflicting tides, pulling down and destroying anything caught in its current. This term can also be used to describe situations or states of confused movement or violent turmoil.
As a child of the late Soviet era, the looming fear of nuclear war was a constant fear. Underground bunkers, fallout shelters, air raid drills and child sized gas masks are all part of her core memories, and now a new generation of children are faced with this ever present threat. Maelstrom feels like an apt metaphor for the state of the world today.
