Eyes wide shut. Trip

30x40 cm

Acrylic on canvas stretched on a wooden stretcher.

In the “Eyes Wide Shut” series, I explore the quiet defiance of dreaming simple, human dreams in a world that increasingly celebrates noise, cynicism, and artificial ideals. Borrowing the title from Stanley Kubrick’s provocative film, my paintings consciously stand in contrast — not to reveal taboo fantasies, but to affirm the beauty of innocence, care, and emotional sincerity.

Each work presents a figure with eyes closed — not in ignorance or blindness, but in retreat. The closed eyes become a metaphor for turning inward, where the soul preserves its private, “unfashionable” desires: to be loved gently, to travel freely, to be gifted flowers without irony.

We live in a time when tenderness is mistaken for weakness, and simplicity is dismissed as naive. I believe this distortion is a form of cultural perversion — one where genuine human values are ridiculed or shamed. In response, these works reclaim the power of softness. They resist the pressure to dream patriotically, violently, or erotically in order to be "valid" or "modern." They give voice to the radical honesty of wanting nothing more than warmth, care, and beauty.

“Eyes Wide Shut” is an invitation to dream without apology — and to see that what is often labeled as sentimental is, in fact, deeply brave.