This original artwork “Vanishing reality” was created by the contemporary Russian artist Polina Zhadko  and is available for sale online.

Polina Zhadko’s painting “Vanishing Reality” is a bold and layered abstract work in which the artist explores themes of distorted perception, loss of connection with reality, and breaking through familiar boundaries. Using a contrasting color palette where rich, almost aggressive colors clash with calmer ones, and an expressive textural technique, she creates an atmosphere of tension, dynamism, and a certain anxiety characteristic of the moment when the familiar world begins to break apart or transform. It is not just an abstract pattern, but like a visual experience captured on canvas—a look inward or an attempt to peer into someone else’s hidden world.

At the center of the composition is a sharp, piercing element resembling a sharp ray or a crack. This element, executed in a bright, intense red color, cuts through the canvas, dividing it into two contrasting parts. Red here symbolizes a breakthrough, an intrusion, a sharp change, or perhaps a source of energy that disrupts the usual order. It is the most aggressive and attention-grabbing element in the painting.

To the left of the red ray is an area executed in rich, deep turquoise and dark blue tones. This area has a pronounced texture; the paint is applied thickly, creating a sense of volume, a rocky surface, or perhaps a body of water. The colors here are associated with depth, mystery, perhaps something natural but wild and untamed.

To the right of the red ray, an area dominated by calmer, pastel shades of blue and light blue prevails. This zone has a smoother texture; the strokes here appear softer and more fluid. The colors here evoke associations with the sky, water, air—elements that can symbolize spaciousness, tranquility, or conversely, uncertainty and dissolution.

The contrast between these two zones, separated by the red ray, creates powerful visual tension. It hints at a collision of two worlds, two states, or two realities. The red ray could be what destroys the familiar, reveals the new, or, conversely, is an aggressive intrusion.

Polina Zhadko’s “Vanishing Reality” is a painting that prompts reflection on the nature of our reality, how stable it is, and how easily it can be disrupted. It is an invitation to contemplate perception, the subjectivity of vision, and the fact that something entirely different may be hidden beyond the visible.

This painting can be hung on the wall of your apartment, house, office, restaurant, or hotel and will be a wonderful decoration for your interior. You can buy online the artwork “Vanishing reality” measuring 100 x 80,3 cm with secure shipping to your location.

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