About the artwork
The painting Upside down .Topsy-turvy.In disarray is about: A breakdown in the structure of the world - there are no more stable categories of "people", "animals", "place", "time". The blurring of boundaries - nature and man, top and bottom, the functional and the meaningless are now interpenetrating. An ironic apocalypse - a world in ruins, but presented with a certain playfulness, almost childish immediacy, as if a catastrophe is a carnival. The slogan "Everything is mixed up: bees-flies, people-horses, from top to bottom" here is not just a text, but a key that deciphers the principle of constructing the work itself: inversion and mixing as a way to show the loss of meanings, but at the same time the birth of new ones. This is contemporary art that does not give ready-made answers, but puts the viewer in front of the mirror of its own confusion - after all, what we see as chaos on the canvas can actually only be another order, to which we are not yet accustomed.Medium Details
Oil on canvas, stretched canvas.
Frame
unframed
Signature
Signature in the lower left corner of the painting. Also signature, title, and date on the reverse of the canvas.
Condition
Provenance
This original work of art belongs to the artist and is presented at the galeRRy | Contemporary Ukrainian Art. Cascadilla, Ithaca. Delivery of the painting from Ukraine.
Upside down .Topsy-turvy.In disarray.
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Oil
Fantasy
39 H x 31 W x 1 D in
The painting "Topsy-Turvy" is a visual manifestation of chaos, where the familiar order of things has been lost. It stands out as a striking piece of contemporary art in which color, form, and subject matter transform into a metaphor for the loss of global stability.
There is no "correct" perspective here: trees grow in the sky, animals fly amidst the clouds, and text inscribed on the canvas becomes part of the imagery—like the artist’s voice guiding the viewer beyond the narrative itself. A hare’s head paired with a bee’s body, fluid lines reminiscent of water or wind, and inverted meanings create the impression that the canvas itself is caught in a whirlwind of events that defy logical structure.
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About the artwork
The painting Upside down .Topsy-turvy.In disarray is about: A breakdown in the structure of the world - there are no more stable categories of "people", "animals", "place", "time". The blurring of boundaries - nature and man, top and bottom, the functional and the meaningless are now interpenetrating. An ironic apocalypse - a world in ruins, but presented with a certain playfulness, almost childish immediacy, as if a catastrophe is a carnival. The slogan "Everything is mixed up: bees-flies, people-horses, from top to bottom" here is not just a text, but a key that deciphers the principle of constructing the work itself: inversion and mixing as a way to show the loss of meanings, but at the same time the birth of new ones. This is contemporary art that does not give ready-made answers, but puts the viewer in front of the mirror of its own confusion - after all, what we see as chaos on the canvas can actually only be another order, to which we are not yet accustomed.Medium Details
Oil on canvas, stretched canvas.
Frame
unframed
Signature
Signature in the lower left corner of the painting. Also signature, title, and date on the reverse of the canvas.
Condition
Provenance
This original work of art belongs to the artist and is presented at the galeRRy | Contemporary Ukrainian Art. Cascadilla, Ithaca. Delivery of the painting from Ukraine.
About the artist
Redoha Serhii - Ukraine
Biography Serhii Radoha is a contemporary Ukrainian artist whose work explores the relationship between human consciousness, social transformation, memory, and cultural identity. Living and creating...
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