Silence 1975

Tetyana Yablonska’s painting features a serene landscape, where a blank canvas stands before rolling hills, a lone figure gazing into the distance. The artist's blank canvas speaks volumes. It’s a void, pregnant with possibility, a motif that echoes through art history – from the tabula rasa of ancient philosophy, symbolizing the mind's potential, to the modern artist’s struggle with creation. The vast, undulating landscape, reminiscent of the Rückenfigur motif—a figure seen from behind, contemplating a grand vista, as seen in Caspar David Friedrich's works—invites us to project our own emotions and experiences onto the scene. It represents the allure of the unknown, and also the existential solitude of human experience. Like a persistent dream, the motif of the artist confronting the void resurfaces, each time colored by the anxieties and aspirations of its age. Here, Yablonska captures an echo of the ages-old call to explore the mysteries of the self.