Liubov Kucheriava, qui se traduit en anglais par Love Curly, est une artiste peintre et scénographe ukrainienne. L’érotisme, la beauté et l’impact émotionnel et sensuel des formes et des couleurs sont cruciaux dans son travail. Depuis près d'une décennie, elle utilise le numérique, la peinture et l’installation. La pandémie est toutefois venue transformer sa pratique. L’artiste a commencé à dessiner à la main, ce qui lui a permis de trouver un nouveau niveau de liberté dans l’expression de soi et un nouveau vecteur : un acte sexuel et un processus méditatif pour guérir et faire face à la douleur. « J’ai étudié la sexualité auparavant, dans des œuvres numériques, mais l’expérience du dessin avec mes mains m’a fait sentir tellement de joie, qu’elle pourrait être comparée à un acte sexuel. Cette nouvelle expérience, qui rappelle un rituel mystique, est un voyage à travers la conscience, dans lequel je rencontre des personnages mythiques, participants de contes de fées érotiques, qui sont basés sur des personnes réelles et des événements qui remplissent ma vie. Au début, il n’y a qu’une feuille vierge, pas de croquis, de composition ou de vision de ce qui devrait être représenté. Il est difficile d’expliquer comment cela fonctionne, pour moi c’est un processus sacré. Toute la composition est créée en quelques minutes, en utilisant la couleur et sans autres corrections. La technique est simple et similaire au dessin d’un enfant, les traits sont comme des points, remplissant l’espace entre les lignes, créant une texture translucide avec un volume primitif, ce qui rend l’image fantomatique et irréelle. Tissés de rêves - c’est ainsi que vous pouvez décrire mes derniers travaux. Le processus rappelle la broderie, la méditation et la thérapie. Après avoir terminé, je peux regarder mon travail pendant des heures, mais la compréhension de la façon dont j’étais impliquée est absente. Les personnages que vous pouvez voir dans mes œuvres sont des invités dans ma vie, des enseignants qui m’aident à comprendre et à m’accepter, à faire face à la douleur qui est venue avec le déclenchement de la guerre, la douleur d’un cœur brisé. »
Liubov Kucheriava, which directly translates into English as Love Curly, is a Ukrainian artist, print maker and set designer. Eroticism, beauty and emotional and sensual impact of shapes and colours have been crucial for her work for almost a decade, with media ranging from digital to painting to installation. The pandemic, however, has had a truly transformative effect on her practice. The artist started drawing by hand a lot, which allowed her to find a new level of freedom in self-expression and a new vector, a sexual act and meditative process for healing and coping with pain. In her own words:“I have studied sexuality before, in digital works, but the experience of drawing with my hands made me feel so much joy from the process, it could be compared to a sexual act. This new experience, reminiscent of a mystical ritual, is a journey through consciousness, in which I meet mythical characters, participants of erotic fairy tales, who- se characters are based on real people and events that fill my life. In the beginning, there is just a blank sheet, no prior sket- ching, composition or vision of what should be depicted. It’s hard to explain how it works, for me it is a sacral pro- cess. The whole composition is created in a matter of a few minutes, using colour and no further corrections. The technique is simple and similar to a child's drawi- ng, strokes are like stitches, filling the space between the lines, creating a translucent texture with a primitive vo- lume, which makes the image ghostly and unreal. Wo- ven from dreams - that’s how you can describe my latest works. The process is reminiscent of embroidery, medita-tion, and therapy.Having finished, I can look at the work for hours, yet of-ten the understanding of how I was involved is absent. Characters you can see in my works are guests in my life, teachers who help me to understand and accept myself, to cope with the pain that came with the outbreak of the war, the pain of a broken heart.”
Liubov Kucheriava, which directly translates into English as Love Curly, is a Ukrainian artist, print maker and set designer. Eroticism, beauty and emotional and sensual impact of shapes and colours have been crucial for her work for almost a decade, with media ranging from digital to painting to installation. The pandemic, however, has had a truly transformative effect on her practice. The artist started drawing by hand a lot, which allowed her to find a new level of freedom in self-expression and a new vector, a sexual act and meditative process for healing and coping with pain. In her own words:“I have studied sexuality before, in digital works, but the experience of drawing with my hands made me feel so much joy from the process, it could be compared to a sexual act. This new experience, reminiscent of a mystical ritual, is a journey through consciousness, in which I meet mythical characters, participants of erotic fairy tales, who- se characters are based on real people and events that fill my life. In the beginning, there is just a blank sheet, no prior sket- ching, composition or vision of what should be depicted. It’s hard to explain how it works, for me it is a sacral pro- cess. The whole composition is created in a matter of a few minutes, using colour and no further corrections. The technique is simple and similar to a child's drawi- ng, strokes are like stitches, filling the space between the lines, creating a translucent texture with a primitive vo- lume, which makes the image ghostly and unreal. Wo- ven from dreams - that’s how you can describe my latest works. The process is reminiscent of embroidery, medita-tion, and therapy.Having finished, I can look at the work for hours, yet of-ten the understanding of how I was involved is absent. Characters you can see in my works are guests in my life, teachers who help me to understand and accept myself, to cope with the pain that came with the outbreak of the war, the pain of a broken heart.”