This piece is about distance. Between bodies. Between memories. Between who we are and who we were told to be.
I didn’t create it. I uncovered it.
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They Left Us Flags
They gave us symbols.
Flags — but not bread.
The past and the present are written in dust and stains.
I’m still here.⠀
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They Left Us Flags
They gave us symbols.
Flags — but not bread.
The past and the present are written in dust and stains.
I’m still here.⠀
#TheyLeftUsFlags #GelaMikava #ContemporaryArt #PoliticalArt #ConceptualArt #ArtAsResistance #StillHere #VisualPoetry #onview #postsocialistradiation

If you show weakness for even a second — they’ll crush you.

Here, tenderness is punished.

In this system, feelings have no value.

The ones who waver — are erased.

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If you show weakness for even a second — they’ll crush you.

Here, tenderness is punished.

In this system, feelings have no value.

The ones who waver — are erased.

#trauma #softness #power #contemporaryart #paintinginstallation #emergingartist #textinart #identity #mixedmedia #gelamikava

If you show weakness for even a second — they’ll crush you.
Here, tenderness is punished.
In this system, feelings have no value.
The ones who waver — are erased.
#trauma #softness #power #contemporaryart #paintinginstallation #emergingartist #textinart #identity #mixedmedia #gelamikava

In this series, oversized earrings dominate the canvas—so large, they almost consume the figure itself. These exaggerated adornments are more than accessories; they are monuments to a world obsessed with wealth and status.
🔴 When luxury becomes larger than life, does identity disappear?