Family portrait

The painting “Family Portrait” presents a group of stylized, geometric figures set against a green background. The figures differ in height and proportions, clearly suggesting a generational hierarchy: from the tallest forms to the smaller silhouettes placed at the center. The symmetrical arrangement, with figures positioned on both sides of the composition, creates a sense of order and harmony.

The artist employs the language of minimalism and abstraction. The figures are reduced to simple, rhythmic shapes—vertical rectangles and soft oval heads. Distinctive black oval shapes, in place of eyes or mouths, strip them of individuality and transform them into symbols of human beings as elements within social relations.

“Family Portrait” can be interpreted as a metaphor for family bonds—both closeness and distance. The varying heights of the figures may represent generations: parents, children, and older family members. The central, smaller figures facing each other appear to symbolize children or younger generations, tying the composition together into a coherent narrative.

The painting raises questions about family identity and the place of the individual within a larger social structure. The geometric simplification of forms and the absence of personal features highlight universality—this family could be any family. The work balances intimacy with schema, showing that family ties are at once personal and social, filled with rituals, relationships, and recurring structures.