Project 'Eternal Return' at the exhibition 'Between Light and Darkness' (02.12-08.01.2023)

The path of the works that took their place at the exhibition 'Between Light and Darkness' ran through a rigorous selection procedure by the exhibition committee, which included the most authoritative figures of art and culture of Samara's modernity. For the vernissage of contrasts 'Between Light and Darkness' over two hundred works of fine art, created by more than a hundred authors, were selected.

According to one of the curators of the exhibition, “the project is based on the consideration of the phenomenon of the duality of the surrounding world: division into black and white, light and darkness, good and evil, spiritual and material, beauty and ugliness, truth and falsehood, harmony and chaos... So Is there an exact boundary between "black" and "white", or is the world made up of an infinite number of shades and nuances?

Yulia Latysheva presented her project 'Eternal Return' at the vernissage "Between Light and Darkness". In her project, the artist explores the theme of the cyclical nature of life as the basis of the universe: the alternation of creation and destruction, life and death, constant rebirth and death. The concept of the cyclicity of everything that exists was formed by the ancient Egyptians, and in the 19th century the theory was developed by such philosophers as Arthur Schopenhauer and Thomas Brown.

And although the views of scientists are often criticized, many researchers still distinguish four stages in the history of each civilization: destruction, birth, development and flourishing. The color of each picture of the series "Eternal Return" has its own meaning:

Black (nigredo) - symbolizes destruction, white (albedo) - purification and the birth of a new one, yellow (citrinitas) - development, the formation of a new one, red (rubedo) - prosperity.

A message from the artist is hidden in the digital cipher, which an inquisitive viewer can easily decipher.