Description of the artwork «The night is spreading»
The theme of the change of day and night is very popular in art. The transition from activity to unconsciousness is reflected in many works of artists.
The bag in the painting is compared to a vessel filled with bottomless cosmos, which bursts out into the sky through an ajar knot, sprawling across the sky. The contrast of light and darkness makes one think of eternity.
Many ancient cultures appreciate the snail and their spiral shells as the cycle of life, death and rebirth, the rotation of the Earth around the Sun. The painting conveys this view through allegory
descending snails in the form of spiral galaxies, which symbolizes the change of day and night, the cyclical nature of this process. Slowly crawling snails represent the gradual onset of darkness.
These symbolic images add additional depth and philosophical content.
"Night Sprawls" is a work that inspires reflection on man's place in the universe and the impact of time on our lives.