Relics of the poet
The painting “Poet’s Relics” is executed in the genre of symbolic still life, where objects acquire the meaning of signs of memory and cultural continuity. On the table are displayed an antique clock, a manuscript, a candlestick, two apples, and a pistol — items that together form an image of personal fate, creative path, and tragic drama. The presence of the weapon enhances the sense of a poet’s romantic fatal destiny, while the clock serves as a reminder of the relentless passage of time. The mirrored and transparent structure of the composition creates the effect of an overlay between reality and memory, as if the objects belong not so much to the material world as to the realm of remembrance. Behind the objects, in the depth of the scene, emerges a landscape with a house immersed in golden autumn light, linking the biographical and symbolic levels of the image. The artist seeks to convey not so much the texture of things as their spiritual essence: each element of the still life becomes a sign of fate, eternity, and cultural heritage
Tamara Denisova
Born on January 29th, 1956 in the village of Lenino of Gomel Region (Belarus). Graduated from the Odessa Art School named after M.B. Grekov (1978) and the Art and Drawing Department of the Vitebsk Pedagogical Institute (1991). Works in the field of the water-colour painting. Since 1979 she is a participant of art exhibitions. Has held 8 personal exhibitions in Belarus, Poland, Germany. The winner of the Grand Prix in the republican competition «Traffic safety is life» for a series of water-colours «Where do you move?» (1998). The works are in museums of Brest and private collections in a number of foreign countries. A member of the BAD since 2000. Lives in Brest