THE WORKS

The show exhibits paintings that center around the comic nature of tragedy specific to human nature. They depict the banality of the grotesque in scenes that are accompanied by witnesses. Often these witnesses are animals and creatures that engage with patterns of human behavior or look to the viewer directly in surprise or utter desperation. 

At times, Beresin inserts self-portraits that seem funny, mainly through hands, feet, and facial features distorted in a cartoonish way – a constant in her work. The artist uses herself as a character reflecting ownership of her identity in all its iterations. "I use my face and my body; I put them in the center of situations that are relevant to me, combining them with my creatures, those who have accompanied me since childhood," Beresin states.

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Routinely, the deadly sins are depicted as abject actions performed by someone detached from society. The portrayal of a sinner often comes across as a spectacle. We obsess over other people's sins, fascinated with consuming their transgressions with a hollow sense of virtuousness, until we realize that our actions are equally marred by moral ambiguity. The ubiquitousness of sin becomes a bizarre cacophony, sometimes ridiculous and sometimes sad. Upon acknowledging this reality, we must move on and confront it with levity.