Mono Petra

Author: Mono Petra

Technique: oil paints on linen

size: 37 х 32 cm.

https://monopetra.art/

The placement of an object on the surface of the hollow moon elicits a sound akin to the ringing of a bronze bell with wooden clapper. This magical sound doesn’t form sentences, it translates the unknown words in every language spoken on earth. As the sound fades it transforms in wind which flips through the sand dunes as if they're books written in braille!

I have shared with those close to me the dream I had after my father died. How I followed him to the far side of the moon and how what I saw there stunned me. Spaceships landing and taking-off escaping from the overall chaos, that reminded me of the lunacy of the boats passing through the Bosporus!

Knock, knock, knock… This was the only background noise caused by the chaos of the soundless spaceship engines.

In general, I had reached the end of everything that was becoming increasingly professional, artisanal, and familiar.

When I saw the potential of the springs on which I could express myself vividly with molten metal, I also saw my future painting.

I went to extremes in experimenting with painting in oils under unsuitable lighting, to illuminate the darkness in my studio with what I created.

The cooling metal in the bed of clay seemed to call out to the paint in the tubes for a new day.

Everything began in this small rooftop studio, from where a dream was launched toward the open cosmos!

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Next exhibition on the Moon 28.08. 2024

Mono Petra - The Wheel- Moon exposition 07.04.2021

Next exhibition on the Moon 28.08. 2024