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Half Empty
This work captures a state of transition, a moment in which filling is impossible without loss. The glass at the center of the image is neither empty nor full: it receives what is given from the body. Blood dripping from the hand becomes a sign of experience gained not voluntarily, but lived through pain. “Half Empty” speaks of a state where loss and gain occur simultaneously. What fills is no longer safe, and what disappears remains part of internal memory. The work captures a moment in which emptiness and fullness cease to be opposites and exist as one indivisible experience.
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.
