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Mihail Chemiakin – Headspace, Signed Mixed Media Drawing, Paris Period
Mihail Chemiakin – Headspace, Signed Mixed Media Drawing, Paris Period
In this elegant and introspective work, Mihail Chemiakin (b. 1943) offers a cerebral vision rendered in delicate ink lines and collage-like textural overlays. A single stylized profile floats against a blank field—its interior not filled with thought, but dissected and fragmented, revealing a surreal topography of intricate forms, angular geometries, and symbolic landscapes.
Titled here as Headspace, the drawing embodies Chemiakin’s fascination with the psychological and metaphysical self. The outer contour of the head is almost serene, classically simple, while the inner world is chaotic, teeming with encoded imagery. This duality—between order and disarray, appearance and inner complexity—is at the heart of Chemiakin’s oeuvre. Stylistically, it aligns with his 1970s Paris works, a period of visual experimentation influenced by psychoanalytic theory, medieval manuscript illumination, and post-Surrealist abstraction.
The drawing is signed lower right and professionally framed under glass. This rare piece speaks to collectors interested in the intellectual and symbolic dimensions of Chemiakin’s work, offering a meditation on the unseen worlds within.
Medium: Ink and colored pencil or watercolor on paper
Date: Circa 1975
Signature: Signed by the artist, lower right
Provenance: From a private collection, acquired during Chemiakin’s Paris period
