Lot’s wife 2005

Andrey Remnev painted “Lot’s Wife” in an undetermined year using oil on canvas. The painting immediately strikes you with its dreamlike quality, where colour, shape, and the juxtaposition of the real and surreal converge. The most visually arresting aspect is the woman's dress. The skirt is not fabric but a swirling, contained crowd of people. This use of the skirt as a container for a multitude evokes ideas of society, history, and personal identity merged into a singular, surreal form. Remnev plays with scale and perspective, the woman is rendered with smooth, almost porcelain-like skin. The background is an abstract landscape filled with curious birds and geometric shapes, adding to the painting’s enigmatic nature. What does it mean to have a multitude contained within oneself? Are we not all carriers of our past, our culture, and our history? This artwork invites us to contemplate the boundaries between the individual and the collective.