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Rita Chernobyl presents the portrait of a woman shaped—and ultimately eroded—by historical catastrophe. Her figure remains, but her features are partially dissolved, suggesting not only physical damage but the gradual loss of identity under invisible forces.
She appears as a figure in dilution: outlines blurred, pigments leached, as if radiation has affected not only the body but its representation. The face resists full recognition—reduced to fragments, traces, and absences. This visual instability functions as a metaphor for erasure: the slow disappearance of the individual within systems of damage that are both unseen and insufficiently acknowledged.
The work does not depict a singular victim, but a condition. Rita becomes a residual figure—an index of how technological progress, when detached from responsibility, produces forms of harm that persist beyond visibility and beyond immediate accountability.
Rather than representing death, the piece addresses contamination: not only of the body, but of trust, of knowledge, and of the belief in controlled advancement. In this sense, Rita Chernobyl operates as a record of systemic failure, where the consequences of human action remain present but only partially perceptible.
DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS
This photopolymer intaglio and aquatint etching is hand pulled in a limited edition of 4 copies on 300 gram Hahnemuller etching paper. Plate size: 8.1 cm x 11.7 cm (3.2 X 4.6 inches) paper size: ~30 cm x 40 cm (~12 X 16 inches). Each print is numbered and signed and sold without a frame.
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Publication Date: September 4, 2025
Print Size: 8,1 x 11,7cm
Paper Size: 30 x 40cm
Composition No.: 43
Rita Chernobyl presents the portrait of a woman shaped—and ultimately eroded—by historical catastrophe. Her figure remains, but her features are partially dissolved, suggesting not only physical damage but the gradual loss of identity under invisible forces.
She appears as a figure in dilution: outlines blurred, pigments leached, as if radiation has affected not only the body but its representation. The face resists full recognition—reduced to fragments, traces, and absences. This visual instability functions as a metaphor for erasure: the slow disappearance of the individual within systems of damage that are both unseen and insufficiently acknowledged.
The work does not depict a singular victim, but a condition. Rita becomes a residual figure—an index of how technological progress, when detached from responsibility, produces forms of harm that persist beyond visibility and beyond immediate accountability.
Rather than representing death, the piece addresses contamination: not only of the body, but of trust, of knowledge, and of the belief in controlled advancement. In this sense, Rita Chernobyl operates as a record of systemic failure, where the consequences of human action remain present but only partially perceptible.
DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS
This photopolymer intaglio and aquatint etching is hand pulled in a limited edition of 4 copies on 300 gram Hahnemuller etching paper. Plate size: 8.1 cm x 11.7 cm (3.2 X 4.6 inches) paper size: ~30 cm x 40 cm (~12 X 16 inches). Each print is numbered and signed and sold without a frame.
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Publication Date: September 4, 2025
Print Size: 8,1 x 11,7cm
Paper Size: 30 x 40cm
Composition No.: 43