Exlibris of I.Khodorovych 1978

This engraving, *Exlibris of I.Khodorovych,* was made in 1978 by Oleksandr Aksinin. Just imagine the precision and care it took to make it. It's like he's building a whole world in miniature. The texture is so fascinating, dense and intricate, almost obsessive, where tiny marks create a sense of depth and mystery. What was he thinking, I wonder, as he etched each line? The scene inside this dome has such a strange melancholy, with the owls and towering structures. It's like a dreamscape, something hovering between order and chaos. It reminds me of Piranesi's architectural fantasies, but with a touch of the surreal. It feels like Aksinin, like all of us, was wrestling with his demons, finding a way to express the inexpressible through the act of making. It's a testament to the power of art to transform the mundane into the magical.