SINGING SOME ENDLESS SONG

2019 . 2020

RUSSIA, STUDY OF ICON PAINTING IN PALEK

There is a Russian saying, ’everything new is as well forgotten old’. By placing individuals from the here and now photographed on the streets of Moscow within the enduring composition of the icon; the cyclical nature of history is presented with the ‘everyman’ taking centre stage. In these secular ‘icons’ you will not find Christ, the Virgin Mary or the various Saints. Yet you will find a son, a mother, brothers in arms. The work, like the traditional version, places humanity at its heart. The spiritual becomes the magical which is, in itself, life from the outset. Unknown, unpredictable and FULL to the brim with wonderful stories.