02.09.2025
Valentin Korzhov
My objects reflect the process of transformation of being in time, eternity into the momentary.
"In order to make the ascents of our lives, one way or another we need mediators. If we are enclosed in our body, just as the Minotaur was entrusted to Minos, then art is Ariadne's thread, the medium that can bring us to the light...
In the process of working with forms, I began to develop a certain philosophical concept about the relationship between time and being. According to Heidegger, there is no time in existence. It is only when we descend into materiality that time appears, and with it finiteness. But there, in the space of pure existence, there is no time.
My objects reflect the process of transformation of being in time, eternity into the momentary. I'm trying to find a channel of communication between eternity and time that works in both directions. I tried to push away from these figures and imagine the cosmic timelessness. On the other hand, looking at objects, you can go back and feel yourself in the flow of time.
Fire literally permeates all the works. These are the Heraclitic fire of the worlds that burn down, and the generating fire, which is the primary element and the primary principle, and the destructive fire, sweeping away everything in its path. It is a fire that ignites light, gives all things and the whole world "something". And, of course, this is the energy in which we see our eternal material world cooling down."
Valentin Korzhov, artist
1975 - 2022
