Chalice Series. Installation view at Fracas Gallery, Brussels, 2019. Photo by Bea Uhart
Chalice Series. Installation view at Fracas Gallery, Brussels, 2019. Photo by Bea Uhart 
Chalice Series. Installation view at Fracas Gallery, Brussels, 2019. Photo by Bea Uhart 
Azure overflow, 2019, stoneware, glaze, 46 x 22 cm 
Azure overflow, 2019, stoneware, glaze, 46 x 22 cm 
Black volcano chalice, 2019, stoneware, glaze, 58 x 43 cm 
Black volcano chalice, 2019, stoneware, glaze, 58 x 43 cm 
Blue lunch, 2019, stoneware, glaze 
Blue pummice chalice, 2019, stoneware, glaze 
Persimonn chalice, 2019, stoneware, glaze 
Persimonn chalice, 2019, stoneware, glaze 
Sanguine chalice, 2019, stoneware, glaze, 21×59 cm 
Sanguine chalice, 2019, stoneware, glaze, 21×59 cm
Elena Gileva: The Chalices, 2019 – ongoing
The Father, The Son and The Holy spirit. Ritual vessels extracted from Russian iconography – so large a human can only use them as a garden pot; so abstract and non functional – a human can only consider them sculpture ; so empty- they can only hold ambrosia.
This ongoing series of large scale hand built chalices examines the antagonistic issues of legacy, echoes of orthodox culture and personal narratives. The oversized and sculptural shapes that evoke but are void of function speak of a male dominated world in feminine terms.
