"Love never fails, although prophecies will fail, and tongues will be silent, and knowledge will be done away with"
(1 Cor. 13:1–8)

The ancient Greeks believed that love moves the world, that it is the basis of everything, and that this multifaceted feeling has seven forms: ludus, eros, mania, philia, storge, and agape.

For the artists from the SISTERS IN ART association, ludus, eros, mania, philia, storge, and agape are not so much types of love as its stages, through which a person improves and grows spiritually. And their new project "Archeology of Love" is dedicated to this path, the path of love and elevation. The series of works consists of seven canvases, each of which identifies a certain type of this feeling: love-game, love-passion, love-obsession, love-affection, love by calculation, etc.

The monumental size of the canvases is not accidental, it repeats the size of a king-size bed. Thus, transferring the action to the plane of the bed, the artists narrow the ancient concept of love to romantic love, love between partners. However, the plane of the bed becomes voluminous, thanks to the bed linen placed on it. Its textured, relief folds form a kind of metaphysical space in which, like shadow prints, the heroes-lovers indulge in seven types of love. Against the background of a naturalistic bed, voluminous, tangible linen, their ethereal outlines seem even more vague, abstract, reminiscent of shadows from the past.

Highlighted with delicate mother-of-pearl, the silhouettes of the lovers sometimes confront each other, sometimes merge together in painful passion, sometimes unite in a friendly embrace, sometimes literally soar from the strength of their feelings. With the help of different poses and crumpled underwear, the artists unfold before us the story of love, in all its facets and incarnations, the story of love, which the ancient Greeks thought about even before our era.

The archeology of SISTERS IN ART lies in rethinking ancient love. Exploring love, as if digging and dividing it into stages and forms, the artists transfer it to modern times, endowing it with relevant meanings and understandable semantics.

And walking along this path, the artists lead to a simple but primary truth:
Love is what created the world.
Love is what leads this life.
Love is what will allow us to live and survive.
Love is everything.