
Sad Sunrise
Sad Sunrise is a metaphor for the inner state of a person greeting a new day while carrying the weight of unfinished thoughts and emotions. The massive figure, curled inward, captures a sense of fragility before the beginning of something new. The blue sky and red sun disc symbolize new possibilities, yet the figure remains captive to its own vulnerability. This painting explores the contradiction between the external movement of the world and the internal stillness of a person.
Artur Soletskyi is a Ukrainian artist, was born in 1996 in Vinnytsia, currently lives and works in Lviv. In his practice, he combines installation, video art, sculpture, and painting, working primarily with canvas and acrylic. The main themes of his art are the interaction between humans and space, the influence of the artistic environment on the viewer, as well as the exploration of mass psychology. The artist’s style is distinguished by minimalism, active interaction with the surroundings, the symbolism of the human body, and its deformation as a means of conveying emotional states.