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People write on the walls, and the city services paint the inscriptions over. As a rule, they are in a hurry to cover everything up by some holiday or some event. They often fail to match the paint, and use a similar one, or whatever paint is available. Hooligans write over the fresh paint again. And these inscriptions have to be painted over, but the colour is different again. It results in a certain fight of the chaos and the order, of art and emasculation. And this fight gives birth to imprints which are filled with the picturesque power and composition dynamics.

I called it “the unconscious art” because those who create it do not think about the art, their main goal is to complete their work as soon as possible. And my series indicates that the art exists regardless of the human will, and against the surrounding circumstances.

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No matter whether we want it or not, we are tied to the ground by the Earth gravity.
When walking, I look under my feet not to fall over, but it is not the only reason. Asphalt for me is also a map, and also a painting. The land surface carries not only footprints or tire tracks – it bears the trace of the civilization. The geometry of arrows, drains and cracks forms a perfect pattern which fascinates by its innate nature, asymmetry, irregularity. At some point, the ground we stand on now, will become another archeological layer, which will be hidden deeply in the depth of time. It hasn’t happened yet, and we can admire the graphic art of the surface on which we stand.

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Buildings which need to be repaired or restored, are often covered with a special fabric, and they often continue to fall apart under the net. This camouflage makes a parade of the devastation like a veil, it creates a romantic crape. This bridal veil prepares buildings to a new life, to the transition into a different state…

When people hide from bad weather behind the glass, they feel allegedly protected. Transparency or semi-transparency of this material creates visual effects which do not need further finishing. People behind the glass are similar to mysterious fishes in an aquarium, and the real life floats by them. The glass, like a barrier, divides people into the observers and the observed ones. Depiction of such situations creates a genre of “observing the observer”

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Plants, which have grown in a big city, in a hostile environment, almost without the sunlight, next to brick walls and fences... They adopted some characteristics of the urban people, but they are still able to perform photosynthesis. Their branches seem to support some architectural elements. A city landscape looks incomplete without their arch-shaped curves. Stems and leaves of city trees beg for protection, but at the same time they may provide shelter from rain or from heat. A city would have died without their patronage: their presence in the streets soothes the eye of an exhausted traveler. They look like mighty guards who are able to save one from the suppressing walls of the buildings.

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Almost all big cities are overcrowded with vehicles. There is no place to park, cars stand close to each other, blocking up the architecture, invading the pavement, destroying flower beds…

It is unavoidable, however one can change own attitude to this phenomenon. Automimesis depicts cars blended with the city environment.