Bidspirit auction | Christina ELZATEEVA

Christina ELZATEEVA - RUSSIAN TOSKA. acrylic on canvas, 90x70cm, 2021 What is TOSKA, Russian despair? This Russian word can be translated as ”emotional pain” or ”melancholy”, but this does not convey its full depth. Vladimir Nabokov wrote that “Not a single word in English can convey all the nuances of toska (longing). It is a feeling of mental anguish for no particular reason. On a less sad level, it is a fuzzy pain of the soul ... vague anxiety, nostalgia, longing for love. ” About the artist: An independent, flamboyant artist working under the pseudonym Ch. Elz I work in the style of symbolism, conceptualism, I talk about the modern world, religion, and the search for oneself. I offer a new, fresh, sharp look at the hackneyed topics that have lost public attention. She has been painting since childhood, but by coincidence, she returned to painting only a few years ago. I just took a brush and paints began to speak for me. For a long time I ”wrote on the table”, but after one of my triptychs was bought, thanks to social networks, by a private collector, it was decided ... it's time to go public. At the moment, painting is the main activity. I can hear colors and feel the world around me.