Dollar or Philosophy of the crowd in pursuit of profit

At a first glance, this is a nice lyrical picture. When scrutinizing... more

by Andrey Soldatenko

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Dimensions

100.000 x 130.000 x 2.000 cm.

Title

Dollar or Philosophy of the crowd in pursuit of profit

Artist

Andrey Soldatenko

Medium

Painting - Painting Oil On Canvas

Description

At a first glance, this is a nice lyrical picture. When scrutinizing
the picture, the spectator will notice that through usual objects I
show social problems, and the objects themselves get a new
philosophical interpretation which is easily recognizable by the
contemporary people. The sheep are positioned along the road in the
shape if a dollar sign. The line of rams can be considered as a queue
(in real life it was the queue to the watering place). This picture
is also a social metaphor. Life looks very different depending on the
point of view. This artwork is not one of usual provocative pictures.
It demonstrates how unpredictably symbolic things and events in our
surrounding world can be.
The ram that looks at us can also be considered as a metaphor: only
one person out of a hundred can be different from the rest of "the
sheep". The symbols are simple, but there is no one single
interpretation of them. Some observers decided that I depicted the
Russian citizens; others think that from now on, Americans will never
give me even a tourist visa :-); yet another group holds to the
opinion that this is a direty por picture. I like the variety of
opinions, because this means that the picture does not leave the
spectators indifferent.

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November 2nd, 2010