War Diary 2015
Щоденник війни 2015
January 15. Near Volnovaha I, 2015, oil on wallpaper, 7.5” x 10.5”
Січень 15. Біля Волновахи І, 2015, олія на обоях, 19 x 27см
(Natalia_Laluq_f133)
January 15. Near Volnovaha II, 2015, oil on canvas, 7.5” x 10.5”
Січень 15. Біля Волновахи ІІ, 2015, олія на полотні, 19 x 27см
(Natalia_Laluq_f134)
January 15. Near Volnovaha III, Root Zlatoustivka - Donetsk, 2015, oil on canvas, 10” x 13”
Січень 15. Біля Волновахи ІІІ, маршрут Златоустівка - Донецьк, 2015, олія на полотні, 25 x 33см
(Natalia_Laluq_f135)
January 24. Mariupol, 2015, oil on canvas, 6.5” x 7.5”
Січень 24. Маріуполь, 2015, олія на полотні, 16 x 19см
(Natalia_Laluq_f136) sold
January 29. Funeral of Peace. Gyumri, 2015, oil on canvas, 9” x 14”
Січень 29. Похорон миру. Гюмрі, 2015, олія на полотні, 23 x 34см
(Natalia_Laluq_f137)
February 11. Evacuation from Debaltsevo. Pink Scarf, 2015, after photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie, oil on canvas, 10.5” x 13.5”
Лютий 11. Евакуація з Дебальцево. Розова хустка, 2015, з фото Джонотана Альпері, олія на полотні, 26x 34см
(Natalia_Laluq_f138)
February 12. Evacuation from Debaltsevo, 2015, after photo by Sergey Ponomarev, oil on canvas, 10” x 15”
Лютий 12. Евакуація з Дебальцево, 2015, з фото Сергія Пономарьова, олія на полотні, 26x 38см
(Natalia_Laluq_f139)
February 10.Typical Winter Scene After Shelling. Kramatorsk, 2015, oil on canvas, 8.5” x 11”
Лютий 10.Звичайна зимова картина після обстрілу. Краматорськ, 2015, олія на полотні, 20 x 29см
(Natalia_Laluq_f149)
February 10. Flower of War - Kramatorsk I, 2015, oil on canvas, 10” x 14”
Лютий 10. Квітка війни - Краматорськ І, 2015, олія на полотні, 25 x 35см
(Natalia_Laluq_f152)
February 10. Flower of War - Kramatorsk IIІ, 2015, oil on canvas, 7” x 9”
Лютий 10. Квітка війни - Краматорськ ІІІ, 2015, олія на полотні, 18 x 24см
(Natalia_Laluq_f158)
February 10. Flower of War - Kramatorsk II, 2015, oil on canvas, 7” x 11”
Лютий 10. Квітка війни - Краматорськ ІІ, 2015, олія на полотні, 18 x 28см
(Natalia_Laluq_f157)
February 13. Kramatorsk, 2015, oil on canvas, 7” x 9”
Лютий 13. Краматорськ, 2015, олія на полотні, 18 x 23см
(Natalia_Laluq_f140) sold
February 22. Kharkiv Terror Attack, 2015, oil on canvas, 9” x 10”
Лютий 22. Терорістична атака на Харків, 2015, олія на полотні, 23 x 25см
(Natalia_Laluq_f145)
February 22. Ukraine. Kharkiv, 2015, oil on canvas, 9” x 10”
Лютий 22. Україна. Харків, 2015, олія на полотні, 23 x 25см
(Natalia_Laluq_f146)
March 10. Warming Up with Shevchenko I, 2015, oil on canvas, 10” x 12”
Березень 10. Зігріваючись із Шевченко І, 2015, олія на полотні, 25 x 32см
(Natalia_Laluq_f150)
March 10. Warming Up with Shevchenko II, 2015, oil on canvas, 10” x 12”
Березень 10. Зігріваючись із Шевченко ІІ, 2015, олія на полотні, 25 x 32см
(Natalia_Laluq_f151)
April 5. Garissa, 2015, after photo twitted by @eromzy, oil on canvas, 24” x 28”
Квітень 5. Гаріса, 2015, з фото твіта @eromzy, олія на полотні, 60 x 70см
(Natalia_Laluq_f161)
April 8. Garissa. Losing a Child, 2015, after photo Associated Press, oil on canvas, 9” x 8”
Квітень 8. Гаріса. Втрата Дитини, 2015, з фото Associated Press, олія на полотні, 24 x 21см
(Natalia_Laluq_f162)
April 9. Garissa. Mother, 2015, after photo by Carl De Souza/AFP, oil on canvas, 9” x 8”
Квітень 9. Гаріса. Мати, 2015, з фото Carl De Souza/AFP, олія на полотні, 24 x 21см
(Natalia_Laluq_f163)
April 10. Garissa. Comforting Survivor, 2015, after photo by Daniel Iranga/EPA, oil on canvas, 11” x 14”
Квітень 10. Гаріса. Допомога постраждалому, 2015, з фото Daniel Iranga/EPA олія на полотні, 29 x 34см
(Natalia_Laluq_f160)
Maydan. 2014. February 20, 2015, oil on canvas, 16” x 12”
Майдан. 2014. Лютий 20, 2015, олія на полотні, 41 x 31см
(Natalia_Laluq_f159)
Syrian Bitumen and Ararat's Green I, 2015, oil on canvas, 30” x 40”
Сирійський бітум і араратська зелена І, 2015, олія на полотні, 76 x 102см
(Natalia_Laluq_f177)
Syrian Bitumen and Ararat's Green II, 2015, oil on canvas, 30” x 40”
Сирійський бітум і араратська зелена ІІ, 2015, олія на полотні, 76 x 102см
(Natalia_Laluq_f178)
Syrian Bitumen and Prussian Blue II, 2015, oil on canvas, 18” x 13”
Сирійський бітум і берлінська лазур ІІ, 2015, олія на полотні, 46 x 33см
(Natalia_Laluq_f179)
Syrian Bitumen and Prussian Blue III, 2015, oil on canvas, 18” x 13”
Сирійський бітум і берлінська лазур ІІІ, 2015, олія на полотні, 33 x 46см
(Natalia_Laluq_f180)
Syrian Bitumen and Prussian Blue I, 2015, oil on canvas, 40” x 30”
Сирійський бітум і берлінська лазур І, 2015, олія на полотні, 102 x 76см
(Natalia_Laluq_f181)
I have been painting for some time and liked what I was making. Then something happened - I could not paint like before any more.
I couldn't get rid of anything, I was getting lost in details, because they were absolutely, absolutely beautiful details.
Then Maydan and the War started in Ukraine. Since the Fall 2013 we call it “the War”.
These unresolved composition challenges seemed unimportant compare to the art of artillery. I did not paint for a year.
It was nothing but reading the news, sticking to internet. I was leaving the screen in worst mood than I started to stare on it.
To paint something seemed ridiculous for what I felt inside was horror. Then one day I red a post where it was written:
"stop panicking – do what you can do the best – that is how you can help in this War”. I came to studio and painted first of my
war diaries the way, I newer painted before – painted without judging myself , for that was not important. Then I was painting
one or two pieces a day, and people where telling me – we want happy pictures. Each time I would try happy picture,
something would happened in the War, and emotional respond would overwhelm the happy picture.
It was the massacre in Kenya. I have prepared pink canvas for long waiting series inspired by two days of summer leisure at
friends cottage on a lake. People, Lake, Forest . They were done numerous sketches.
The task was coming through difficulties – one element
was taking over the other. I thought to try it again. But Garissa has happened. There it was a photo in a media where 40 students
were killed. It was not important what was the color of cloths they were wearing on a moment of their death, nor the lighting, no
the perspective - scale - composition. It was only important that they were alive and now they are dead.
I came back to lake scenes and painted: people - red, lake - blue, grass – green, tree trunks – black. People, above all, are fragile
bodies of blood and they easily can be killed. Water is blue, grass is green, tree trunks are black.
Toronto
April 25, 2015
