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What is this bas-relief about?
In the first part of the panel, the symbolism is hidden in a group of people going to sow the crops to grow the fruits. In the second part of the panel, a group of people goes in the opposite direction, where they are already reaping the harvest. The customer liked the idea so much that we decided to include him in this picture, starting from the question "where do you feel yourself, at the beginning of the journey or are you reaping the fruits?" The answer showed that he is in the second part of the composition, where a group of people collect the results of their labors. So the art got another character - a fisherman who watches the course of history. But these are not all the Easter eggs. In the overall picture, the group of people is a secondary element, but as soon as you start to look at each character separately, you notice their comicality. For example: a Buddhist monk is led by the arm by a girl dressed in the spirit of kawaii modern culture. So we played on the contrast of different elements, on the one hand, retaining the classical canons of oriental painting in the work, but at the same time introducing a certain intrigue due to the absurdity. Now the viewer's gaze can catch on details that are not typical for a canonical plot.
I am proud of this project, because even in such seemingly clear images we have written symbolism. By the way, "Asia" is one of the first projects where we began to integrate semantic superstructures.