Bulgakova Olga Vasilievna (b.1951)
Queen with cards (winter)
1999
196 x 106 cm
Oil on canvas
The contrast between the closeness, the stiffness, the desire to hide something intimate (even the cards are rejected from the viewer and hide their content) and the ultimate frankness, the time of fruiting, the generosity of the gift, the highest point of discovery of the intimate. Vase empty, candle does not burn. We see only what we are allowed (Olga Bulgakova)