Drawing titled "Fig sign arba Špyga…" by Natalie Levkovska, Original Artwork, Gouache

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Fig sign arba Špyga taukuota (2021) Drawing by Natalie Levkovska

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Gouache on Paper, 12.2x16.5 in

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Dimensions Height 12.2in, Width 16.5in
Framing This artwork is not framed
Categories Drawings under $500 Symbolism Humor

“Fig sign arba Špyga taukuota “, paper, gouache, color pencils, 42x33 cm (15.7x11.8’) 2021, series “What’s up, Bunny?”
I was brought up, like most children from intelligent families, that showing a fig is indecent. So, it is ... but please admit there are circumstances when one really wants to show such a sign of disrespect to some organization or someone personally ... it happens, but let it remain a little secret for a small circle of close friend 😉.
While drawing this expressive drawing, I thought that, perhaps, this could be a wonderful gift for someone who annoyed you, deceived you or harmed you anyway. In the old days in Russia, this gesture was not considered indecent and was considered protecting from someone's evil eye or evil spirits. In Soviet times, the expression "a fig in a pocket" became a sign of dissidence, internal disagreement, a kind of hypocrisy and protest with what was happening.
Personally, for me this is, in general, a sign of deep inner disagreement and disrespect, albeit in a hidden, veiled form.
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Меня воспитали, как и большинство детей из интеллигентных семей, что показывать фигу или кукиш – это неприлично. Так и есть… но согласитесь бывают обстоятельства, когда подобный знак неуважения очень хочется показать какой-нибудь организации или кому-то лично… бывает, но пусть это останется небольшой тайной для небольшого круга близких людей 😉.
пока рисовала этот выразительный рисунок, я думала, что, пожалуй, это может стать прекрасным подарком для кого-то, кто вам насолил, обманул или как ни будь навредил. В старину на Руси, этот жест не считался неприличным и считался оберегающим от чьего-то сглаза или злых духов. В советское время выражение “кукиш в кармане” стал признаком диссидентства, внутреннего несогласия, некоего лицемерия и протеста с происходящим.
Для меня лично — это в общем-то знак глубокого внутреннего несогласия и не уважения, пусть и в скрытой, завуалированной форме.

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Gouache

The substances are diluted with water and rendered pasty and opaque by the addition of gum and honey. The colors become opaque and can, therefore, be superimposed, which makes one paint with gouache as with oil. The gouache is recommended by its bright, fresh and delicate tones.

Technic Drawing

Drawing is a technique of visual representation on a flat support. The term "drawing" designates both the action of drawing, the resulting graphic work, and the shape of any object. It is also a representation on a surface of the shape (and possibly the light and shadow values) of an object or figure, rather than their color. There are a large number of drawing techniques: “Linear drawing” represents objects by their outlines, edges and some characteristic lines; beyond this limit, the drawing develops by representing the volume by shadows, often by means of hatching, incorporates colors, and joins, without clear transition, the painting.

Natalie Levkovska

Lithuania

Natalie Levkovska is an experienced Lithuanian painter and illustrator. In 1995, she obtained a degree in stone, bone and wood processing from a master artist (Abramtsevo College of Applied Arts), and in 1999 she completed a degree in costume design (Vilnius Academy of Arts). She then became a costume designer for the cinema industry, and later a fur designer. In 2006, she decided to change her life: she moved to London to work in a design studio, and started to experiment oil painting.

She creates simple and poetic artworks, mixing surrealism and naive art. Her artistic universe is a kind of magic realism: she likes to show real life objects and try to bring out the magical pulsation of space. The plots of her creations are taken from her life: a birch glade near her house at different times of the year, the portrait of a loved one, her village in the snow...

Natalie Levkovska have organized 19 personal exhibitions, participated in a lot of paintings and drawings events, and her drawings can be found in many private collections.