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Original artwork description
Zakhar Shevchuk’s Long Time Ago (2021) is a large oil on canvas (100x120 cm) from his Old Photographs series, where the “flaws” of old snapshots – blur, scratches, faded color – become poetic devices. The project asks how much detail a memory requires, and whether suggestion can be more moving than accuracy.
Here, three figures gather within a shifting ground of greys and smudged ochres. Faces never fully resolve; gestures surface and sink again beneath veils of paint. Scraped marks recall damaged negatives; translucent passages mimic light leaking across paper. The viewer participates in the image by completing it – reconciling presence with absence.
Long Time Ago offers a contemplative balance of narrative hint and painterly abstraction. The artist also accepts commissions in this series and scale.
Materials used:
Oil
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 120 x 100 x 2cm (unframed)
- Signed certificate of authenticity
- Style: Abstract
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#semi-abstract#three figures#atmospheric light#old photos#grey ochre#ukrainian contemporary#family memory#gestural texture#blurry figures#vintage blur
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Original artwork description
Zakhar Shevchuk’s Long Time Ago (2021) is a large oil on canvas (100x120 cm) from his Old Photographs series, where the “flaws” of old snapshots – blur, scratches, faded color – become poetic devices. The project asks how much detail a memory requires, and whether suggestion can be more moving than accuracy.
Here, three figures gather within a shifting ground of greys and smudged ochres. Faces never fully resolve; gestures surface and sink again beneath veils of paint. Scraped marks recall damaged negatives; translucent passages mimic light leaking across paper. The viewer participates in the image by completing it – reconciling presence with absence.
Long Time Ago offers a contemplative balance of narrative hint and painterly abstraction. The artist also accepts commissions in this series and scale.
Materials used:
Oil
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 120 x 100 x 2cm (unframed)
- Signed certificate of authenticity
- Style: Abstract
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#semi-abstract#three figures#atmospheric light#old photos#grey ochre#ukrainian contemporary#family memory#gestural texture#blurry figures#vintage blur
Zakhar Shevchuk
Ukraine
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Artist Statement:Art, to me, is a profound exploration of the world that surrounds us—a journey of discovery, experience, and self-understanding. It is a medium through which I unravel the essence... Read more