Forest by Vitaly Pushnitsky
"The Forest", like the previous book "The Garden", which became the author's first literary experience, is neither memoir nor fiction, but rather resembles an ancient oriental treatise on art, written by the author with an idea of the world, today in which witty interpretations of ancient myths are juxtaposed with lyrical arguments about the nature of matter.
The Forest includes 60 new graphic works, which are not just illustrations, but an integral part of the project.
The artist is talking about time periods, epochs and eons – the periods that can be used to mark his evolution are not calculated in years. Pushnitsky's metaphors are lengthy and layered, so you shouldn't read them contextually. For Pushnitsky, it is important that the author is in complete unity with his works, in fact, the works of the new project are certificates for the subscription of the artist's way of thinking for the period. And these thoughts lie in the field of art theory more than in the field of manifesto. For Pushnitsky, the abstract form is an inseparable case of reality. The more concrete the image, the more reality slips away.
But plastic language is not enough for Vitaly, he turns to the text. This is actually a one-man show: the author states the thesis about the impossibility of fixing neither himself, nor time, nor space.
Published in a limited edition of 500 copies, the bilingual volume is presented in both Russian and English.
The design is by Vitaly Pushnitsky himself, with layout by Alexander Ivanov. The book was printed by pop/off/art in 2023.
The publication was was made possible with the support of Marina Gisich Gallery and Natalia Leurdo.
