Graphics 18. Sunrise by the Sea
Graphite on paper, 50x50 cm, 2024 | Unframed
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Graphics 18. Sunrise by the Sea (2024)
“Sunrise by the Sea” integrates personal memory, cultural symbolism, and the layered history of Mariupol — the artist’s hometown, now globally recognized through the lens of war. While the trauma is not depicted directly, it enters the work gently, as an unavoidable undercurrent.The circle functions as a cosmological form, referencing eternity, cyclical time, and the rising Sun. Embedded within it, the anchor evokes Mariupol’s coat of arms — a marker of origin and belonging.
The radiating lines draw from Ukrainian cross-stitch embroidery, a visual language of protection and continuity, and from ancient Greek sacred geometry, acknowledging the region’s historical roots. The tetrahedral endings of the rays operate on multiple symbolic levels: as fire, as energetic points, and as contemporary protective structures associated with wartime landscapes.
The meditative female figure is positioned at the threshold between past and future, night and sunrise — a metaphor for endurance and the reconfiguration of identity after collective trauma.
The work becomes a quiet convergence of personal history, cultural memory, and symbolic resilience.
