Unlove 01 (2025)Oil painting by Garry Arzumanyan

In this “Unlove” series, I explore the socio-cultural disintegration of love as a transcendental and reciprocal human experience, replaced in contemporary society by the ideology of instant gratification and bodily commodification.

From a sociological standpoint, the painting reflects Zygmunt Bauman’s concept of liquid love—a fragile, transitory form of intimacy characteristic of postmodern relationships. The figures are physically close yet existentially distant, immersed in a collective pursuit of pleasure, devoid of emotional anchorage.
This work evokes a metaphysical presence—perhaps a vestige of the divine or romantic ideal now obscured by materialism.
I’m against the contemporary erosion of affect. I am not moralizing, but rather documenting a cultural condition: the transformation of love from a profound, mutual bond into a consumable experience mediated by algorithmic culture and visual economies.

Materials used:

Oil

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 150 x 100 x 4cm (unframed) / 150 x 100cm (actual image size)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Surrealistic
• Subject: People and portraits

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