Me-Melancholia
"Me-Melancholia", oil on paper, is part of the series entitled "the horse's enigmae".
The work may be read on two levels, the words and the figures, and each interacts with the other:
The words: they go in an arc from "me" to "melancholia" and that explains what lies at the root of melancholy: an obsessive concern for oneself, for "me".
The figures: the horse is rigid, the red balloons fly away - that is, the horse as a symbol of life and strength is paralyzed by melancholy while the balloons which are made of pure plastic are moving along. Which means: only inert things are capable of movement.
Moreover there are white spaces: EMPTINESS. And that emptiness matters too.
What is the real meaning of this work? An enigma. A rebus. It is up to you to decipher it!
The work may be read on two levels, the words and the figures, and each interacts with the other:
The words: they go in an arc from "me" to "melancholia" and that explains what lies at the root of melancholy: an obsessive concern for oneself, for "me".
The figures: the horse is rigid, the red balloons fly away - that is, the horse as a symbol of life and strength is paralyzed by melancholy while the balloons which are made of pure plastic are moving along. Which means: only inert things are capable of movement.
Moreover there are white spaces: EMPTINESS. And that emptiness matters too.
What is the real meaning of this work? An enigma. A rebus. It is up to you to decipher it!
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