Closeness (2026)Acrylic painting by Kateryna Bortsova

Inspired by new materialism and generative philosophy, the project explores the simultaneity of concept of closeness in various visions. Closeness as intimacy between two people or closeness as zooming in and examining details…
Each artwork studies the details of the life of our shells (bodis), minutes of life, everyday movements that no one notices. Observations that revealing the fluidity of life and the agency of matter.
Our bodis are a convergence of multiple lives rather than a singular existence. We carry the imprint of our ancestors in the parts of our bodies because decay is not an end, but another form of becoming. Therefore, the project is based on a multitude of images on different canvases, which, when assembled into a single installation, create an image of humanity in detail. In the project, the viewer, like in mirror, can see their own close-up reflection in the everyday lives of other people.
Small details become a shared life force — carrying memory, absorbing energy, circulating between body and space. By collecting and close-up fragments of human lives, the project builds the past and future of humanity.

Materials used:

acrylic

Details:

• Acrylic painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 60 x 80 x 2cm (unframed) / 60 x 80cm (actual image size)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Photorealistic
• Subject: Nudes and erotic

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