Tania Stupnikova
Take care of the cockroaches in your head
Acrylic on canvas
80×80 cm
2024
Košice, Slovakia
Price: 1150 EUR
In our culture, we say that strange people have cockroaches in their heads. What once sounded like an insult has gradually become almost affectionate: love your cockroaches, because they are the quirks that make you who you are.
I like the idea that our cockroaches may outlive us. Some remain in the things we create, some in stories, habits, memories, or in other people. Everyone leaves something behind.
Which, to be fair, is exactly what you would expect from cockroaches.