misery house

mixed media, handmade frame

A piece for an Edits contest.Edits is a temporary exhibition at Central Station, where the designers and illustrators inspired by Amsterdam's museums.

Edits is a temporary exhibition at Central Station, where clause designers take inspiration from the museums of Amsterdam.

I've chosen an Hermitage museum as an inspiration source. i thought it would be interesting for me as its a bit metaphorical:  Hermitage Amsterdam is a branch of the famous Hermitage museum in St.Petersburg, there are exhibitions composed of the rich collection of Hermitage museum. I was borned in St.Petersburg and by my cultural and lingvistic background I can consist myself as Russian, even i lived there only a year and all my life till I turned 18 I lived in Lithuania and have a lithuanian nationality. Hermitage Amsterdam is just as me: a part of different culture in Holland. 

While visiting it i was fascinated by old ortodox iconography, contemporary architecture of the building with lots of space, white color, lights and air. Since 16 to the middle of 20th centuy hermitage Amasterdam used to be a retire house for poor and disabled women. In this painting I wanted to express my bunch of impressions after visiting the museum and its history.