Original artwork description:

Sketch. Shrovetide. Farewell to winter. XVII century. The picture Shrovetide, produced at nearly the same time, represents the rave of colour and the pagan joy. But the philosophical aspect of the plot is of main importance. In the moment of burning down the Shrovetide scarecrow the author finds both the duality of the human soul, and the topic of life and death.
The raging of the corporeal during Shrovetide is stopped by burning down the winter scarecrow, the repentance takes place, the transition to the spriritual”, Simon says, “In fact this is what we all look for in life, it’s the victory of good over evil, of light over darkness. That’s what I sought for when I was making the pictures from the 1812 series – Russia, regaining its spirit: how can Russia be helped, how can its spirituality be awaken, how can we abandon the irrelevant and superficial, preserve the patriotic spirit of the country?
Exhibition:
2012 “Visible Images”, personal exhibition at the exhibition hall of the Russian Auction House in Gostiny Dvor, Moscow.
2024 The exhibition "Tail-wind". Museum and exhibition complex "Academy of Watercolor and Fine Arts of Sergey Andriaka". (Moscow)

Materials used:

Oil

Tags:

#winter #sun #love #russia #tradition #spirit #farewell #cultural #pagan #pancake day #slavic #shrovetide