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Valery Belenikin
Valery Egorovich Belenikin, a Russian artist, was born in 1961 in Moscow. He is a member of the UNESCO Artists' Union.In 2009, the artist was mentione ...
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Size: 110 x 140 cm
This original work «The Sacred Oak» was created by contemporary Russian artist Valery Belenikin and is available for purchase online.
This is not a tree.
It is a creature of time, caught in the moment between growth and sentence.
The painting speaks the language of roots, because words here would be too superficial.
Before us is an ancient trunk, in which a human body can be discerned.
Not a metaphor — recognition.
The tree bends like a back under the weight of lived centuries. Its bark is not protection, but memory, soaked with blows, promises, fears, and deals. It does not reach for the sky — it holds it up, because otherwise it would collapse.
The gold of the leaves is not a celebration of autumn.
It is the color of maturity before loss. The moment when everything has reached fullness and therefore became vulnerable.
The most important thing — the chains. They are not taut. They have already become part of the body.
The chains entwine the roots like a habit, fear, or a contract made too long ago to remember its terms. The lock does not look new — it is as old as attachment itself. There is no jailer here. There is no guard.
There is only the impossibility of leaving, because the roots have grown accustomed to the place of pain.
The coins at the base are almost invisible, and therein lies their cruelty.
It is the price of immobility. The cost the world is willing to pay to keep something great from growing further.
In the depth of the composition is a small human figure. It is tiny, almost accidental. But it is precisely this figure that shows the scale of the tragedy: the tree was not enslaved by man — man simply took advantage of the fact that it did not leave.
The light of the painting is soft, almost gentle.
This is how the world shines when it accepts another’s sacrifice as something taken for granted.
The meaning of this work is about the voluntary immobility of power.
About how the living agrees to be a support, forgetting that it has the right to move.
About how roots can become anchors if they have not been pulled from the ground for too long.
This is a story not about violence, but about consent that lasted too long.
The painting asks a quiet but relentless question:
if the lock can be opened,
but you no longer remember,
why you wanted to leave at all —
are you free?
And so it disturbs.
Not with a scream —
but with the depth of silence,
in which stands this ancient, beautiful tree chained to itself.
You can hang this painting on the wall in your apartment, house, office, restaurant, or hotel, and it will become a beautiful decoration of your interior.
You can buy the painting «The Sacred Oak» online, size 140 x 110 cm, with secure delivery to the address you specify.
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Artwork's condition:
Good
Year of creation of the painting:
2008
Artwork Type:
Original Artwork (One Of A Kind)
Style:
Symbolism
Technic:
Oil
Support or surface:
Canvas
Topic:
Philosophical motive
Size:
Large
Width:
110 cm
Height:
140 cm
Framing:
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