Pleasure, 2022

Dasha Pogodina   Best sellers Emerging artists

"Nude Woman Painting, Modern Art" captures the timeless grace of the human form through a modern lens. This painting reveals the delicate interplay of light and shadow across the contours of the female figure. The artist's use of warm, earthy tones—ranging from rich umbers to soft, peachy hues—complements the subject's natural beauty and highlights the curvature and softness of the body. The artist's brushwork is expressive and confident, with broad, sweeping strokes that add a dynamic texture and movement to the piece. Streak s of cool teal contrast with the warmth of the figure, bringing a balance and harmony to the composition. The background is rendered in a minimalist style, allowing the subject to take center stage, yet its subtle variations in color suggest a depth that extends beyond the canvas. This piece is not just a study of the human form, but also an exploration of color, emotion, and the essence of femininity. The painting invites viewers to appreciate the beauty of simplicity and the power of understated elegance. PERICHORESIS SERIES In her series of works, Dasha uses the term "perichoresis" (Dr.-Greek περιχώρησις - "interpenetration"), a theological term meaning the mutual penetration of divine parts into each other, for the title to describe a unique union that does not imply mixing or merging, but emphasizes an inseparable and inseparable unity. In her work, Daria explores the theme of a new sexuality, deliberately choosing a term from theological treatises for her series of works. With this provocative gesture, she protests against the dictates of religion, the manipulation and pessimization of human sexual expression and corporeality by the church. "Perichoresis" for her is a beautiful and complex term describing the fusion of the divine. Having grown up in the Protestant tradition within Orthodox society, Daria states the separation of sexuality from divinity common in all these religions, while she sees sexuality as the brightest manifestation of divinity, beauty and sublimity. The artist notes that Christian culture has invested the image of the female body with a narrative of pornographic tension, while at the same time presenting paradise before the fall as a sexual paradise, a Garden of earthly pleasures. For the artist, sexual paradise is a safe environment, complete trust, acceptance, an opportunity to open up and discover the Other, an opportunity to learn to be loved and to love. An environment where fusion does not dissolve in the other person, but on the contrary strengthens the individuality of each person and enriches each other. Thus the artist through the term "perichoresis", which means interpenetration, fusion of individualities and even occurs in Christian treatises as a round dance of love, reminds that the division into high and low in love is artificial, and overcoming this division can make life more beautiful. The characters in her paintings are immersed in the enigmatic space of love, and sometimes ironic scenes that balance the degree of sublimity with encounters with anthropomorphic partners.