Tondos, series of 6 paintings on wood, 40, 60,100 cm in diameter (oil, egg tempera), works on paper and canvas
In the Tonda series, the notion of a mystical, immaterial space appears alongside the works’ objecthood. Material reality intertwines with a desire to return to the realm of the sacred and to rediscover it through form.
The color blue, recurring throughout successive works, holds particular significance for me. From the perspective of Earth, blue is the color of outer space as we perceive it through the sky. As the most spiritual of colors, blue—and its specific shade, ultramarine—has appeared throughout history as a spiritual symbol.
In the presented cycle of abstract works, I combine the symbolism of this color with the idea of an inaccessible, infinite cosmic space, seen from the perspective of one of countless planets. Blue is a color of calm, yet it can also be highly aggressive and unsettling. Its shades form a spectrum that seems to originate from a mystical, distant realm. As Wassily Kandinsky described it: The deeper the blue becomes, the more strongly it draws us toward infinity […]
In my works, the circle is a recurring form. It appears not only as a compositional element but also as the physical shape of the painting itself, emphasizing its material presence. By abandoning the traditional frame in works composed as tondi, a situation is created in which illusion is contained within a material object.
