The desire to be in control #23

Medium

Clay, Easy Klein on canvas

Dimensions

13"H × 4.5"W

Year

2026

"The desire to be in control #23"is a clay wall sculpture created on a 4"×12"×1.5" professional canvas. The paint I used in this sculpture is a unique, rich, and distinctive blue. It is covered with gloss varnish. This paint is not toxic and doesn’t smell bad. Every sculptured element was hand-sculptured and hand-painted separately before being attached to the canvas. Easy cleaning with a feather duster. What is this artwork about? We all have our limitations. Each of us. You name it. We live in a mortal (healthy?) human body, a random combination of our ancestors' genes. We happened to be born in a specific country at a particular time; our race, ethnicity, and cultural background also happened to us. We can also not control thinking; it happens to us, as digestion does. Our reality is beyond our knowledge to a greater extent. We feel it. We are simple, imperfect, and impermanent, and we know it. We all have the desire to be in control. We know we can barely control anything, but we still try to. Nevertheless, because of all this, we all feel our completeness and are infinitely beautiful in our fragility and mortality. We are in this together. The spiky, sculptural elements represent this attempt to control and to show how deeply rooted we are in our background. The sculptural elements are arranged in a circle to show our limitations and convey a sense of completeness. Every sculptured element in my works represents a person, and I incorporate many of them in my sculptures. So, the people in my sculptures - I want them to look similar but different. We are very much alike; our differences are overrated. I made this observation as I am a product of two nations, and as a result of two immigrations I made as an adult. But we are not identical; that's why I absolutely don't want those sculptured elements to be smooth and look like they were made in mass production. I want to show their character - their texture. I want them to look rough, but in a way that highlights their gentleness. I want them to look fragile, even though they are really hard to break. I want them to show every touch of my fingers; I create those cracks as they represent different experiences we are going through. And then I organize them on a canvas together in a kind of dance; there is a logic there in the composition because, in this life, we are in this together; we are connected. Somehow. We feel it. Our reality is beyond our knowledge, BUT we feel this connection. I use canvases instead of wooden or other firm surfaces to emphasize lightness, both literally and metaphorically. Literally, because canvas weighs much less than wooden planks. Also, metaphorically, to convey the feeling that even though we are fragile, we got this; we have a lot of strength in us, especially if we are together. We are in this together; we are connected. I am an award-winning artist. I create meta-modernistic sculptures on canvas. I have had works appear and win awards in juried art shows across the US and Europe, and I have been shown with selected galleries, including Solo and Duo Exhibits. Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/art.by.natasha.kanevski The artwork will be packed with the highest-grade shipping materials, ensuring safe shipping for you. copyright reserved original signed clay sculpture on canvas