ART

„Black Sea“ 2022, Dimana Lateva, sculpture 40/26/15cm

EN  About 5,000 years ago, a melting glacier in the Mediterranean sea turned a huge freshwater lake into a sea. The water rushing in from the Bosphorus gave birth to the legend of the Flood.

Today 90% of the sea is dead. Freshwater full-flow rivers seal the lower layers of the waters, making it poor in oxygen. Invasions of rapan sea snails and jellyfish in the 1960s and 1980s threatened the survival of many species of fish. Global warming and pollution continue its agony apace. At a depth of 90 meters, life is impossible, but it creates heavenly conditions for conservation. The oldest ships in remarkably good condition can be found in the Black Sea. While life on the surface continues turbulently, eternity rests quietly at the bottom.

My sculpture consists only of soap and onions. They can be fully destroyed and decomposed in water. The origin of the onion plant is so old that no one is able to determine where its roots came from. They are now all over the world. The onion here is a symbol of our cuisine, an accomplice to our existence and happiness. What values ​​from our home, culture and life will we leave to our descendants? If we want to preserve a value from our modern history, what would it be?