Even well-kept secrets find their way to the bright side and lift themselves from the depths of our social order to bring a lot of confusion, chaos and most of all to have fun on our backs with the paradoxes which they create. You have probably already noticed that one of the most characteristic things about Secrets is that they always light up like wooden sticks on the surface.
“Secrets” is rather a critical auction that addresses precisely this issue and the great challenge of trust, of faith in art, free from secrets and forgeries, free from the dangers of being something that is not, to try and to erase the wrinkles of our face or to cover up some state bribes, with pre-set myths and expectations, with the promise for better times.Ī puzzle or another reading of the idea of man and the human in the works of Emilia Emilova They also shatter our beliefs, our dreams and the imaginary world, which we diligently build with tiny pieces of secret material. These small details become secrets, accumulate and finally scatter the trust of endless pieces.
We are constantly given thousands of opportunities to hide and erase small details about the great truth – that we grow old, that we are not the only ones, the chosen ones, that we will not escape the consequences of our actions, that we always remain alone when we look inside our soul.
The hardest thing for us today is to be honest! In front of ourselves and the world. Awkward situation, Martin Penev, 2021, textile, silicone down, wood, plastic, faucets