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WIENER PALLAWATSCH

ANIKA GELDNER
(GERMANY)

DETAILS
Acrylic on canvas
90 x 72 x 2 cm
2025

DESCRIPTION
The painting feels like a bright, colorful explosion of shapes, figures, and ideas – everything seems to bustle and swirl at once, nothing standing still. That is exactly what “Wiener Pallawatsch” represents: a cheerful, lively kind of chaos where everything appears to happen at the same time.
“Pallawatsch” means confusion or a jumble – but here it feels more like creative chaos in a very good mood. The many small figures, eyes, patterns, and winding lines resemble a big city like Vienna: constant movement, endless stories, something happening everywhere.
And yet, as wild as it looks, it is not completely random. Repeating colors and clear outlines hold the chaos together – like well-organized commotion. In this way, the “Wiener Pallawatsch” becomes a colorful symbol of joy, creativity, and a touch of charming urban chaos.

ONTOLOGICAL RUPTURE

PHILIPP HUMM
(ITALY)

DETAILS
Oil on canvas
123 x 97 cm
2025

DESCRIPTION
I begin this piece, the first in the Beyond the Human cycle, with a hand-drawn sketch on the canvas, letting the forms and composition emerge organically. I paid particular attention to the human figure, refining facial expressions and gestures to capture presence, emotion, and agency. This human vitality is set against the mechanical forms of the machine he has created, evoking the tension between creator and creation. Like a modern echo of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the work reflects on the ethical and existential consequences of technological creation, on the fragile boundary between life and artifice, and on what it means to preserve humanity in a world increasingly shared with machines. Layers of oil paint are built and refined, and Liquin is applied for glazing and luminosity, creating a polished surface that unifies composition and meaning.

LA QUIETUD DEL ALMA

SAMUEL MOISE
(ROMANIA)

DETAILS
Oil on canvas
112 x 112 x 2 cm
2025

DESCRIPTION
This work investigates identity as a layered construction rather than a fixed image. The figure stands between presence and memory, embodying the quiet weight of cultural inheritance.

The traditional garment is not treated as folklore, but as structure — a visual language that carries encoded histories. Landscape and body dissolve into one psychological field, where territory becomes internal rather than geographical.

Through contemporary realism, I explore how heritage persists: not as nostalgia, but as tension. Not as ornament, but as foundation.

THE PROMISE

SAMUEL MOISE
(ROMANIA)

DETAILS
Oil on canvas
100 x 90 x 2 cm
2023

DESCRIPTION
In this work, the female figure stands at a threshold — between intimacy and landscape, anticipation and stillness. Her gaze extends beyond the visible space, suggesting a moment suspended between decision and becoming.

The bridge behind her functions not merely as a compositional element, but as a symbolic structure: transition, passage, emotional crossing. Water reflects light without offering certainty, reinforcing the idea of reflection as both mirror and ambiguity.

The lace garment, rendered with deliberate softness, contrasts with the solidity of the natural surroundings. This tension between delicacy and permanence becomes central to the painting’s psychological atmosphere.

MOMENT OF WISDOM

NATALIA NIK
(RUSSIA)

DETAILS
Mixed media on fine art paper
70 x 50 cm
2026

DESCRIPTION
Moment of Wisdom is a portrait of one of my Muses , my mystical companion. In this work, I sought to capture more than her likeness. I wanted to hold that elusive energy she carries: the silent intelligence and mysterious depth that reveal themselves in a single, fleeting movement.

The slight blur of her turning head suggests the fragility of the moment , as if time briefly dissolves. Her luminous blue eyes remain steady, filled with an ancient calm and a wisdom that feels both intimate and untouchable.

The combination of digital drawing and hand-applied colored pencils with golden pearlescent watercolor reflects this layered presence. The subtle shimmer catches the light like an aura, echoing the quiet radiance I feel when she looks at me.

This work is deeply personal , a meditation on connection, intuition, and the profound inspiration that can live within the gaze of one small, extraordinary being.

VESNA

NATALIA NIK
(RUSSIA)

DETAILS
Graphite on paper, gold threads.
77 x 57 cm
2026

DESCRIPTION
VESNA is an allegory of Spring — a quiet awakening, both of nature and of the inner self. The young figure listens inwardly, her gesture gentle and contemplative, as if attuned to the first subtle stirrings of renewal. A faint irony touches her smile — a knowing expression balanced between innocence and awareness.

Surrounded by blossoming forms, she becomes part of the living ornament of growth. Butterflies suggest transformation, while flowing lines evoke movement, breath, and the unseen rhythms of change. The dark background deepens the contrast, allowing her presence to emerge like light returning after winter.

Gold leaf and delicate golden threads radiate outward, symbolizing warmth, energy, and the quiet power of rebirth. They form a subtle halo — not of divinity, but of becoming.

This work reflects Spring not only as a season, but as a state of consciousness: a moment of listening to oneself before stepping into bloom.

YOUR TENDER MACHINERY HEART

EVGENIART
(RUSSIA)

DETAILS
Acrylic on canvas
90 x 90 x 4 cm
2026

DESCRIPTION
“Your tender Machinery Heart “ unfolds like a body diagram translated into feeling - an interface where flesh, circuitry, and memory share the same skin. A silhouetted form drifts across the surface, neither fully human nor fully mechanical, as if caught mid-calibration. Soft pools of milky light hover in the center like organs, moons, or warning indicators - signals that refuse a single interpretation. Around them, blocks of high voltage magenta, red, and coal-black behave like architecture: supports, interruptions, borders you can almost lean against.
The painting’s tenderness doesn’t come from softness alone, but from tension - between translucent washes and decisive, industrial strokes; between exposure and protection. A sweeping red arc reads as both embrace and restraint, a safety belt or a wound dressed in color. Pale blues and creams offer brief oxygen, while scraped marks and layered residues suggest repeated revisions - an image built, tested, repaired.
In this work, the “machinery” is not cold. It is intimate: the systems we rely on to survive, to love, to endure. The heart here is engineered but still vulnerable insisting that what’s most precise in us can also be deeply, irreducibly human.

LIMINAL NEON CURRENTS

EVGENIART
(RUSSIA)

DETAILS
Acrylic on canvas
90 x 90 x 2 cm
2025

DESCRIPTION
A vibrant exploration of threshold states, Liminal Neon Currents pulses with the energy of transition. Bold swaths of electric lime and saturated crimson collide with calmer fields of pastel pink and sky blue, evoking the tension between chaos and stillness. Thick black strokes bend like currents in motion, carving a path through layered textures and gestural marks.
The composition hovers between architectural structure and dreamlike abstraction where hard-edged geometry melts into swirling softness. The palette glows as if lit from within, echoing the surreal luminescence of city lights reflected on wet pavement or thoughts drifting at the edge of sleep.
This piece captures the unstable beauty of in-betweenness where time slows, direction blurs, and meaning emerges only in motion.

PACE

DINA
(SWITZERLAND)

DETAILS
Pencil on canvas
40 x 40 x 2 cm
2025

DESCRIPTION
The image represents the diversity and simultaneity of inner states. The flowing, interwoven shapes symbolize different personalities, thoughts, and feelings that overlap yet remain connected.
It embodies a balance between movement and inner calm. “Pace” is not a fixed state but a living process—a personal rhythm that we can consciously shape.
Peace arises both within and outside ourselves. It begins with us and extends into society. Peace takes many forms, as each person finds and lives their own path toward harmonious coexistence.

YOU

MOVA
(SWITZERLAND)

DETAILS
Mixed media
30 x 40 x 2 cm
2025

DESCRIPTION
The image can be interpreted as an engagement with themes such as identity, resistance, pain, and self-assertion. It combines religious undertones with contemporary protest aesthetics and invites reflection on the role of the individual in a conflict-ridden world. The balaclava conceals the face, representing anonymity. At the same time, the eyes are very prominent, as a symbol of the individual self that remains visible despite being covered.

WHAT REMAINS WHEN EVERYTHING IS GONE

KELOKE
(HAITI)

DETAILS
Mixed media on canvas
40.5 x 47.5 cm
2026

DESCRIPTION
This self-portrait comes from a moment in my life when I had just left home and felt lost and disconnected. I felt empty, like I was watching myself from another life. The vultures represent life after death, and the flowers relate to funerals and loss. It reflects that feeling of being alone, not fully knowing who you are, and trying to find yourself again.

THE CITY WHERE TIME GOT LOST

KELOKE
(HAITI)

DETAILS
Mixed media on canvas
61 x 91.4 cm
2025

DESCRIPTION
This piece is about time and the memories we create. It’s about how we can be surrounded by life and movement, yet still lose track of what really matters. The city feels alive, but there’s a quiet sense of time being lost. The flower growing from the sewer represents hope, something that survives even in difficult places. It’s a reminder to not take time for granted and to appreciate the moments we live through.

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