This work is part of an ongoing cycle exploring ambivalent states of contemporary existence.
Title: Creator
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Year: 2025
Format: Portrait format (18 × 24 inches)
Colour Space: Monochrome shades of grey, black, and white, contrasted with intense green
Stylistic Classification: Geometric-constructivist portrait abstraction with elements of cubism and a symbolic depiction of psychological processes
„Creator“ presents a divided human being within an open landscape. The left side is embedded in green, unstructured nature, while the right side is shaped by clear, grey architectural forms. The figure remains calm and frontal, as if balancing both conditions at once.
Humankind as creator
In an affirmative reading, the work honours humanity’s ability to create order from nature. The built environment appears as a continuation of the original condition, offering protection, orientation, and responsibility. The artificial complements nature rather than replacing it.
Occupied Environment
From a critical perspective, the constructed order becomes a sign of increasing occupation. Openness gives way to density, landscape to construction. The process unfolds gradually: nature recedes while the artificial becomes dominant.
Conclusion
The work does not resolve these readings. It presents humans simultaneously as part of nature and as its creator — a tension that remains a lasting condition of human existence.
The image follows the principle of the integrity of ambivalence.