Тоска
$3,700.00
This work is an embodiment of the Russian word Тоска ~ a state of spiritual longing that fractures both inner and outer world.
According to Vladimir Nabokov, no single English word can render all its shades. At its deepest, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without specific cause. At gentler levels, it becomes a dull ache of the soul; a longing with nothing to long for. A vague restlessness. A yearning. Sometimes nostalgia. Sometimes love-sickness. At its lightest, it dissolves into ennui.
States of being rather than a passing mood. A dismantling of reality, with the feeling that everything is slightly out of alignment.
Oil & 23ct Copper leaf on linen
81x61cm / 32”x24”
2026
Signed lower right corner
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