About myself
About myself
Anastasia K. studies the suggestibility of a person
through her paintings. Why are we all so similar to our family, and what drives us to make our own
choices? She looks into these universal questions through the lens of her own
experience.
Through the Circle of Life series, she showed what comes from family. Sometimes it just seems to be a continuation of each other's lives. Now she embarks on an experiment and goes back to her childhood with the question: but what is mine then?
Through the Circle of Life series, she showed what comes from family. Sometimes it just seems to be a continuation of each other's lives. Now she embarks on an experiment and goes back to her childhood with the question: but what is mine then?
From a drawing by my son I decided to
experiment, to break my own rules. My children start drawing and I start looking for how I came
to be. Through the hole in the first painting you see me as a child, holding myself as a rabbit.
I drew that rabbit all my childhood, with matching dresses to dress it up. My parents didn't
keep them. I wonder why I paint.
About Myself III
205x220 cm
Oil, acrylic, paper on canvas
2023
Through the hole I reunite with myself. I, as a child, am holding myself as an adult with a rabbit body. These fluffy creatures were, to my knowledge, my first introduction to art creation. So, in early childhood, with total freedom, an army of these rodents took over in my drawings. They reside only in my memories now, because my parents didn't keep any of them. As I wonder why I paint, I conclude that, at the very least, it started with rabbits.
About Myself II
218x195 cm
Oil, marker on canvas
2022
'Crazy woman with four eyes' is a title given by my son Georgii, as if such a thing could just happen. It made me reflect on how this all began. It opened a gateway to my childhood and a quest to understand the origins of my vocation as an artist. In this work, I attempt to recreate my childhood, my emotions, and my thoughts from that time. By making a hole in the crazy woman, I reconnect with my inner child and hope to rediscover the freedom to reacquaint myself.
About Myself I
175x219 cm
Oil, marker on canvas
2022
