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denisforkas:

​“When I came across the work of Russian artist Denis Forkas Kostromitin (1977, Kamyshin, Russia) something instantly ‘clicked’. His paintings and drawings took me to a place beyond time, a place different from this ordinary reality, but ever so familiar. His art radiates a unique language of symbolism and occult mysticism, which, so I’ve learned, are subjects close to his heart. I got in touch with Denis and asked him about his relationship with death, the connection between his dreams and the afterlife, and his fascination with dark historical accounts of divine revelations.”

“Still there’s so much more to it – the sleepless nights of aesthetical intoxication, the colour and the rhythm – that plane separated from all social interactions, an intimate meditation on the patterns in the fire of one’s mind. I imagine this is how our ancient confreres invented symbols for the things that ignited their imagination and learned to hide those things within the symbols.

My images are occult in the sense that they hide things I’ve stolen from the fire and reward those who find them. This way I exchange with my viewers and without a doubt will continue to do so after I’m gone.”

(via art-is-art-is-art)