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© 2022-2026 Maxim Timofeev

BALLOONS

Comparison is a natural action for our reality,
but we can always ask ourselves a few questions:
Who is comparing now?
Who gave me these parameters?
Maybe it’s just society that is driven by something?
Who is driving him?
Maybe we are following someone’s instructions?
Is someone controlling our reactions and actions?
Admitting this is unpleasant enough, but a drop
of doubt is enough to start with.

If someone defined the term “the best”, how objectively?
How many factors are taken into account when comparing?
Often people, being in a race for someone else’s ideals, often begin to see
flaws in differences and one group of people already considers themselves,
sincerely, better than another,
and the second either hates the first, or tries to be like her.
This phenomenon has a name - discrimination.
In the paintings, rust is not measured by beauty with a gold leaf, they are beautiful in their individuality.

Balloons 1

100x70x4cm, potal leaf, spray for graffiti, textured paste, spray for graffiti, chemical regents,

crushed steel shot, 2021

Balloons 2

100x70x4cm, potal leaf, spray for graffiti, textured paste, 2021

Balloons 3

100x70x4cm, crushed steel shot, chemical regents, spray for graffiti, 2021

Balloon 4

200x90x4cm, spray for graffiti, acrylic, textured paste, 2021

Balloon 5

100x70x0.2cm, steel, 2022

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