SPINE & WALLS
Spine
H1520 x W650 x D600
Indestructibility. Nothing in this world holds together constructively if there is no Humanism with love, tolerance, respect, and harmony at the bottom, base, and foundations. Humanism is the basis of constructivism. Constructive is the opposite of destructive, which is brutalism, vandalism, destruction. The structure formed by the joined hands of different generations are the antennae of the soul, they are connected to the heart. Vertically, they form the backbone of humanity. The fine, linked unbreakable connections of the windows of the soul, the nerve of the spine both in the structure of the common world and for every house. A tribute to Mriupole. The unbreakable energy of the soul is the most constructive and positive foundation for life.
Spine
The invincibles.
IZTAISNO MUGURU
"IZTAISNO MUGURU"
– The Spine of the Soul
Everyone must find their own personal coordinate system, their own ten commandments. A prayer for humanism, peace, and humanity. Roots and sky. A core in the middle. A tribute to the Ukrainian will to resist.
The hands of men, women, and children are joined together in prayer for humanism, peace, and humanity. At the same time, the interwoven hands form a strong, link-by-link spine, holding together, providing support, strength, and emphasizing a shared goal and effort.
The spine’s elder—the father and mother, the guardian and defender of our homeland—stands below, while generations rise above, from 83 to 3 years old. At the very top—symbolizing the future—there is life, represented by the hands of a child and a young woman.
The artwork "IZTAISNO MUGURU!" (Straighten Your Back!) is part of the Walls and Backs series and is on display at the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in Riga until May 2025 as part of the Baltic contemporary glass exhibition "Layers."
