I ONLY WORK WITH LOST AND FOUND _____ 31.09.24 - 09.11.24
Kunstraum Kreuzberg /Bethanien, Berlin, DE
The works of Sofiia Yesakova are inspired by statistical diagrams, information technology and constructivism.
She also uses the technique of icon painting for her paintings, without figuration or religiosity, with gesso, many layers of gelatine and wood. In Cargo 200 Experimental projections on surfaces 5.8. Yesakova creates a seven metre long architectural wall intervention. In it, she refers to Malevitch's black square; in contrast to minimalist abstraction, her work is a carrier of almost unbearable emotionality.
The work deals with war as a phenomenon: Cargo 200, the military's term for transports of fallen soldiers back home, in a zinc container. The black square here is the place of burial, seen from above. Yesakova's meticulous painting is situated in the field of tension between abstract form and oppressive context. It is a work of remembrance and mourning. By devoting herself to violence with almost mathematical precision, Yesakova makes the unbearable visible.
Cargo 200. Experimental projections on surfaces. 5.8., 145 × 110 × 7 cm, variable dimensions (pine wood planks), acrylic, gesso and wood board, pine wood planks with carving, 2024
Cargo 200. Experimental projections on surfaces. 5.8., 700 × 3 × 2 cm, pine wood planks with carving, 2024. Close-up
