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What is this bas-relief about?
The beetle is my manifesto as an artist. He literally rests his horn and rolls his dung ball the size of his ego, filled with torments and passions. And the name "BUG" has a double meaning. This is both a "bug" and a "mistake" (computer slang), which refers us to the eternal doubts of the artist: "What if everything I do is just a ball of shit? And am I swinging it in the right direction?.."
A meticulous entomologist will exclaim: "Fear God! The rhinoceros beetle does not roll a dung ball. Especially with a horn! It is rolled by scarab beetles, and then with their hind legs."
The corrosive culturologist will be outraged: "Burn in hell for you! The scarab in Egyptian mythology is a symbol of the rebirth of life, because its larvae are there."
But I gave this work exactly my sacred meaning.
The beetle is an iconic piece of art. Working on it was associated with very difficult emotional experiences, which I coped with by sublimating the situation in this work.
On the eve of the studio's birthday, it is important for me to rethink such an iconic work. It helps me to reflect and evaluate