City by the Sea 

Vladimir Kush's "City by the Sea" presents a fantastical seascape dominated by swirling forms and luminescent color, perhaps rendered in oil, given the softness of the light. The composition centers around a city that seems to meld into the tentacles of an octopus, its architecture dissolving into the fluid, organic shapes. The artist plays with scale and perspective, creating a dreamlike space where urban structures become part of the marine environment. The cool blues and greens evoke a sense of underwater mystery, while the contrasting dark background emphasizes the glowing details. This melding of the organic and the architectural might be interpreted through structuralist lenses, examining how binary oppositions—nature versus culture, chaos versus order—are destabilized. The city, typically a symbol of human control, transforms into an extension of the sea, challenging fixed meanings. Consider how the very form of the octopus, traditionally seen as an alien creature, here becomes an integral, even beautiful, part of the landscape. This transformation asks us to reconsider our relationship with the natural world, blurring the lines between what we construct and what already exists.