This diptych presents two figures as if excavated from the strata of time. Their forms are simplified, almost schematic, yet grounded in a textured surface that feels weathered and ancient.
 
Layered metallic pigments — gold, silver, and muted earth tones — create a surface reminiscent of oxidized walls or archaeological fragments. The figures stand within horizontal bands that suggest horizon, division, and shared ground.
 
Though separated into two panels, they remain visually aligned — connected through gesture and spatial rhythm. The rope-like line extending from the hands implies both tether and continuity: separation and bond at once.
 
The work does not narrate history. It invokes origin.It reflects on duality — self and other, past and present, matter and memory — proposing that identity is shaped within relationship.
 
The figures appear less as individuals and more as archetypes — echoes of something foundational.
 
Original artwork by Anastasia Ovsyannikova
Diptych
Size each module: 39 x 27 ½  in | 100 x 70 cm
Total hang on your wall is : Height: 39 in x Width: 55 in | 100 x 140 cm
Texture paste, gold leaf, acrylic, liquid metal paint, canvas