Goliadkin

Oil and watercolor artist
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ALONe - ALONg

Crowded bar, 2025

oil painging - ALONe - ALONg project:

Being alone vs. being in company is the dichotomy explored in this project under the title ALONe ALONg.
This series of oil paintings aims to reflect on what a person is like in the depths of solitude, in contrast to how one behaves in society. Sometimes company makes us better, but sometimes it disturbs, discomforts, and can even nullify us. There are moments when we are alone because we are isolated, and others when we are alone because we are too exposed to others.
This dichotomy is set in nighttime environments (bars, streets, trains, concert halls), all of them nearly devoid of natural light.

The project contrasts works where solitude is present, not only through physical isolation, but also through being surrounded by crowds.

As inherently social beings, we need others to feel part of a group, but the moments when we are truly ourselves often occur in situations where we look in the mirror, find ourselves alone in a train carriage, or order takeaway food—those moments when solitude is, in some way, experienced.
The aim is to question and provoke reflection on the night, what happens in it, company, and withdrawal. Moments of ecstasy that ultimately lead to introspection and personal reflection.

Franz, 2020

I have anxiously suffered with Kafka's work during my University years.

Then, I see that any proceeding can be as hard and tedious as Franz described. This is my humble tribute. Feeling more and more confortable with water.