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Limited edition artwork on museum-quality Hahnemühle Bamboo FineArt Paper (290 gsm, 90% bamboo fibers, 10% cotton), signed and numbered on the front and on the back, embossed with an authenticity stamp, comes with a signed and numbered certificate of authenticity.

Story & Message:

Yin and Yang are not opposites, but can be imagined as two sides of the same hill. When one side of the hill is lit by the sun, the other side lies in shadow. But as the sun moves around the hill the landscape shifts. Our personalities function the same way. A certain period of our life, or a certain somebody, might shed light on a side of us that was in the shadow before. At such times we might leave the other side of us behind. But these sides are not opposites, they are the two sides of the same hill.

From my project “Me and Myself”

All of us experience an inner dialogue. We have a mental image of ourselves that we are talking to almost every moment of our life and about anything: hopes, troubles, Sunday shopping, memories from the past, what the person standing next to us thinks about us. Every person’s identity is split into two parts “me” and “myself”. The project is exploring the interactions of these two different sides of the same person and the idea of the duality of a human mind and self-discovery.

These parts don’t represent “good” and “evil” in the general sense of those words. Often, one of these parts is our inner critic, the punisher, the one that comes up with all the fears, excuses, and negative thoughts. This “me” can make us fail at anything since this voice will never be happy, it thrives on suffering, recreating it in our heads over and over again, often without any connection to a real-life situation we are in. It’s the job of the other part, “myself”, to recognize the negative delusion and turn it into healthy positive thoughts thus bringing peace to our minds.

Available in sizes and editions:

50 x 50 cm (19.7 x 19.7 in.) - 12

70 x 70 cm (27.6 x 27.6 in.) - 8

100 x 100 cm (39.4 x 39.4 in.) - 5