Vasyl Savchenko – Sliding light

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A back and thigh lit from the right, the rest sliding into black, charcoal on canvas — Sliding light

Detail: a thigh in dotted grey charcoal hatching next to flat black, a fine drawn crease — Sliding light, charcoal on canvas

Close-up: two forms of a body barely lit in dark grey charcoal, one bright scratch at right — Sliding light, 2024

The work is not stretched on a stretcher.
Supported by the scholarship program from the Cultural Department of the city of Gdansk

Details

Title

Sliding light

Technique

Charcoal, varnish on cotton canvas

Size

60 × 108 cm

Place

Gdansk, Poland

Year

2024

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