Marina Reutova

Tecnica: Acrylic on canvas, applied in successive layers, with 23-karat gold leaf and metal silver leaf. Every dot is applied individually by hand, a slow and meditative process that builds the surface through thousands of accumulated marks.

Dimensione: 70 x 100 cm

Anno: 2024

Descrizione: Inspired by the High Priestess of the Tarot of Marseille, La Papesse explores wisdom as lived experience rather than inherited knowledge.

Traditionally, the High Priestess holds the Book of Wisdom. In this work, its pages remain intentionally blank. The absence is not a mystery to be solved but an invitation: the deepest truths cannot be handed down or fully contained in words. They must be discovered through direct experience, embodied, and lived.

To me, La Papesse represents intuitive intelligence—the quiet ability to perceive what lies beneath appearances. She does not seek answers; she already knows. Her presence is one of stillness, observation, innocence, and profound trust in what cannot be explained.

By leaving the book empty, I invite the viewer into an active dialogue with the painting. Rather than offering a single interpretation, it becomes a space where personal experience completes the image. The unwritten pages belong to whoever stands before them.