In a room

Cosmic Temple of Love

The “Fish in Space” collection
Canvas, 130 × 90 cm
Mixed media, gloss in places,
a tender and heartfelt subject

RUB 120,000≈ $1,400 · €1,200

Dark space, the arc of a planet along the bottom, a comet flying above it, and a cone of turquoise light rising from the planet.

“Cosmic Temple of Love”, from the “Fish in Space” collection, 130 × 90 cm on canvas, mixed media, gloss in places.

The texture on the planet is dense and cratered, the sky is smooth, and the border between them is sharp. I set the stars as dots of white lead, the nearer ones larger.

I ran the cone of light upward, widening towards the sky. That is the temple of the title. There are no walls, there is a beam, and inside it there is more light.

The comet runs on the diagonal with a long tail, and the tail carries the gloss, which is why in the evening it flares first.

A dark work needs light. In an unlit corner it turns into a black rectangle; under a directed lamp it opens completely.

Hang it in a hall, in a living room on a dark wall, in a bedroom. Beside a red or wine-coloured armchair the turquoise starts to ring.