In November 2019, Liliia Kaluzhyna was interviewed by esteemed art critic Antonio Castellana. In his critique, Castellana highlighted Kaluzhyna’s unique ability to reference nature as a vital energy, merging her ancestral and cultural roots with modern aesthetic themes. Her use of vibrant colors communicates deep reflections on human existence, creating a balance between tradition and contemporary concepts. According to Castellana, Kaluzhyna’s paintings transcend conventional frameworks, revealing the ancient roots of humanity while embracing expressive freedom and modernity.
Art critic Antonio Castellana discussing Liliia Kaluzhyna’s paintings during the “Percorsi D’Arte” TV program in November 2019.
Lily Kaluzhina
In the paintings of Liliya Kaluzhin we can observe references to the essence of nature as a vital energy that leads us to the aesthetic world that wants to be ancient and at the same time current. It is a retelling of its ancestral and cultural roots, a connection with the land of origin also a relationship with their own way to be that it develops in a pictorial language tense to define their emotions and impressions. The artist tries to create reality and make him imagine, in constant evolution, the creation of free associations of many fragments of everyday life, through constant experiments that flows into existential realism impressive, and on this path of progress in his process consisting with confidence and determination. Vibrating using chromatism, color is a real element that creates a primal force to communicate a nontrivial reflection about the fate that characterizes each person. It’s the moments, the moments, namely, a dimension that comes to a dull surreal decline, therefore, showing a communicative intention, he directs us to read the work in terms of a deep, mediteranneo, romantic understanding. Lliliia Kaluzhina manages to direct our attention to vast territories, even strangers, trying every time to create something new. This suggests that his picture is outside the usual schemes that can act as a colleague rather than as a dialogue. In his latest paintings produced modern conceptual figures that guide us to the ancient and deep roots of humanity, revealing a chain that has never been interrupted between the past and the present, which the artist is trying to combine with the expressive freedom and essence.
Art critic Doc. Antonio Castellana