Ekaterina Lukina. "WABI SABI. PETERSBURG". 0+

Gallery "Lecture Corner", 2nd floor.

The series of works presented at the exhibition (2012-2019) was not born by chance, but within the framework of the accepted artistic concept of the perception of life. The WABI SABI philosophy originated in Japan and gained wide popularity in Europe in 2017. "Wabi" means "rustic simplicity" or "underrated elegance" with an emphasis on the "less is more" mentality. "Sabi" is translated as "to enjoy the imperfect."

侘 び 寂 び - This beautiful hieroglyph means wabi-sabi

In fact, wabi and sabi imply modest simplicity, an atmosphere of aestheticized "dullness" and solitude of nature. Sabi is an enlightened loneliness, an impersonal attitude to the world, restrained beauty, a harmonious unity of the sad and the light with a general color of soft sadness, which creates a feeling of peace, detachment. Wabi is "unassuming simplicity". It is sabi, for example, that manifests itself in the five-verse of the tank or the three-verse of the hokku. The relentless pursuit of excellence - in possessions, relationships, achievements - often leads a person to stress, anxiety, depression, and hasty judgment. It is at such moments that wabi sabi suggests taking a break.

If you ask a Japanese person what this means, he will think, and will not be able to answer unequivocally. Indeed, understanding wabi sabi is a feeling, not a formulation of a rule. This is a special mood, contemplation, awareness of seeing the world in a certain mood.

Japanese philosophy encourages the viewer to focus on the images lurking in our daily life and accept everything as it is. Wabi-sabi values authenticity.

The goal of this photo project of Catherine is the mission to show through the philosophy of Wabi Sabi the urban beauty surrounding people in an everyday simple and familiar environment. The "Wabi Sabi Petersburg" project includes works created in the period from 2015 to 2019.