poisoned by love, 2011, silk, wood, acrylic, mixed media on canvas, 150X100X10 cm

vitaly didenko – contemporary artist of turkmenistan, was born in 1976. starting from 1995 involved in the art scene of turkmenistan as a painter, ceramist and textile artist. in his work vitaly uses multiple medias to accomplish desirable effects. techniques involving oxidation, working with fire, wax, various glues, pure pigments, spray paint, acrylic and oil paints. he combines materials that are contrasting in their spiritual essence, like silicon, wood, silk, felt and plastic. author is trying to awaken your imaginative nature to respond to his search. symbolism of the theme and the rich texture of his technique intensifies the excitement, transforming you in to the state of emotional sequences of anxiety and desire to touch the work of art.

this new project is titled ‘poison atlas’, it is a continuation of the series of work, called ‘love’, which was presented in singapore in 2011, during the art show ‘letters d’amore’ http://www.vitalydidenko.org/?p=438 in the art 1 gallery. where tenderness and pain intertwine together, inevitably, the fear is forcing us out of our multilevel comforted state in to the abyss of forbidden love. burning with desire, unable to stop the fatal sliding into the void of forbidden pleasures, we are facing the ‘point of no return’… the obstacles that come our way when in search for happiness only exacerbate the desire, turning us into the hostages of already confined space of our existence, creating only an illusion of freedom from the looming sorrows of the mundane.

poison atlas poisoned by Love, 2011, details

poison atlas first kisses, 2012, silk, wood, acrylic, mixed media on canvas, 41X35X15 cm

poison atlas first kisses, 2012, detail

poison atlas labyrinth, second life, 2012, silicone, pencils, yellow pigment, glue, mixed media on canvas, 82X82X10 cm

poison atlas labyrinth, second life, 2012, detail

poison atlas scars, 2012, wax, polyurethane, glue, mixed media on canvas, 61X51X12 cm

poison atlas japanese kiss, 2011, white pigment, glue, hair, japanese ink on canvas, 80X80 cm

poison atlas flame, 2012, spray colors, cardboard, wood, open flame, mixed media on canvas, 80X70X10 cm

poison atlas noir atlas, 2012, clay, wood, silk, acrylic, mixed media on canvas, 85X85 cm

poison atlas noir atlas, 2012, detail

poison atlas (left) flame, 2012, detail (right) scars, 2012, detail

http://www.vitalydidenko.org