A two-winged state.
And the question of whether it ever truly existed.
Details
Technique
ACRYL / OIL STICK
Dimensions
180 x 120 cm
Options
STRETCHED & FRAMED
Two mirrored forms. Two wings, perhaps – a state of being with both sides open.
Complete in theory, but internally unsteady.
“Was I ever truly free?”
Or: Did I ever have more than one wing?
This question lingers beneath the surface like a quiet resistance. The wing shape doesn’t symbolize lightness, but a promise – one that was never fully kept.
Beneath the paint lie stitched-in patches of canvas, overpainted but not erased. Traces of an earlier layer push through, insisting on their presence. They are not scars, but memory-anchors – soft interruptions that remind us: what was, remains, even if it no longer speaks.
In Two-Winged but Uneven, Marina Kraus holds tension between the longing for lift-off and the weight of what came before. The painting does not depict flight, but the desire to fly – despite gravity, despite history, despite the past pressing through.
A two-winged state.
And the question of whether it ever truly existed.
