Anastasia Rydlevskaya, Consciousness, 2022

Acrylic, canvas, 100 x 80 cm

The painting belongs to the series "Rose Waters of Love and Hope" and is the central part of the series, in which the protagonist must sacrifice her life for the betterment of others, and the painting depicts the exact moment of realizing her fate.


BIOGRAM:
Anastasia Rydlevskaya (b. 1995, Minsk, Belarus)

Artist, lives and works in Gdansk, Poland. The artist deals with the subject of mental health at the same time deeply investigating the issue of non-binarity and self-determination, as well as the relationship between Self and Other through the categories of E. Levinas. In addition, her work examines issues of tyranny and dictatorship and their impact on the individual on a psychological level, addressing existential anxieties that are universal to all of humanity. All the elements explored by Rydlevskaya are intertwined in the author's mythology, creating a unique and diverse universe.


The artist works in a variety of techniques: printmaking, fine art, installations, art objects, texts, music, photography and video.

She is the curator of the art project "One coffee one sketch in Gdansk". She is an artist of "Polish art now" - curator Michal Borowik

Rydlevskaya's works are in private collections in Poland, the USA, France, Germany, Australia, Belarus, Lithuania, the UK or Spain.