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Anima

2025
Materials: silkscreen printing in 3 colors, without frame
30 см x 21 см
Category: prints
Item Number: 152944
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About the Work
About the Artist

Polina Shelest: "Archetypes are shown as operating modes of the psyche: sensitivity and action. The round shape alludes to medallions, optical lenses, a "window" into oneself. "It worked" means a dialogue between receptivity and will has been established. This is not a universal triumph of union, but the coordination of these two forces in each specific step."

Anima

A slightly melancholic creature on the edge of a cliff gazes dreamily into the distance. This is the moment before the "leap of faith": she monitors her state, weighs the risks, learns to trust her intuition. A pause of observation, where anxiety turns to clarity, the flight from oneself ceases. The anima restrains from automatism and provides the space of an inner horizon.

Multimedia Artist, main mediums: painting, graphics, mixed media.

Considers such strategies for coping with stress as escapism, magical thinking,

infantilism. Her mythologized way of conveying thought is based on metaphor, satire, and symbolism. Her interest focuses on the study of biology,

the subconscious mind and related cognitive distortions.