Stavrogin
"Stavrogin", acrylic on canvas, 2021, Bishop Maxim
The agony and ecstasy of the search for the truth consists of things done right and things done wrong; the beautiful and ugly come across not as aesthetic categories, but rather as hints of what might be hiding behind a face as les fleurs du mal (the flowers of evil). Except for the face, the painting is covered with red and green brushstrokes in the depths. A grave monotony reigns over a devilish forger of better and brighter future (Verkhovensky, Stavrogin, etc.)