

Oleksandra Bilobran
b. L'viv, Ukraine, 1971
y. active 2012 - present
The Correct Bottle and a Pomegranate
oil on canvas, 15.7 x 11.8 in
Created on April 8, 2022
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At the time of painting, the artist was in the city of L’viv in western Ukraine. She did not have to flee and continued to work in her studio.
$1,400
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This painting is a part of a series of still lifes where the artist tried to process this tragedy that came to her country and why is this happening in the 21st century. Normally, Oleksandra draws her inspiration from nature and the beauty of ordinary everyday things. However, now the objects began to transform under her brush and gain a new, more sinister, meaning. A bottle, that is usually filled with wine or water, is standing forgotten on a table. Then, the surrounding events are flipping the perception of this bottle and it becomes a weapon, a Molotov cocktail, responding to the new reality. It becomes essential, impatiently waiting to be picked up and used. The pomegranate calms and balances out the composition, but also mirrors the bottle’s newfound meaning since in Ukrainian the words for pomegranate and grenade sound exactly the same.
Oleksandra is a graduate of the L'viv National Academy of Arts. She has been the head of the Yarovit Gallery in L'viv for many years and curated various exhibits around the country. Oleksandra has been painting for over 10 years. Her works were exhibited in Paris, London, and Budapest and are in private collections all over the world.