Maria Seltsova has taken mystical and philosophical references to adapt them to her artistic creations. The artist proposal focuses on translating the pictorial act into a process of healing and meditation. Also, taking elements of tantra, the artist seeks to question the taboos that revolve around sexual pleasure and female masturbation. Her most recent project entitled "Love yourself" is based on the principles of body art and action painting to combine the aforementioned statements.

In the new episode of Seltsova's project “Love Yourself” she was led by the philosophy of Tao where the sexual energy supposes to be transferred into creative energy. Using self-exploration as a tool and going deeper inside her shadow Seltsova apply the power of constructive aggression to fight and then to accept her dark side. Layer by layer she removes the tension of understanding this darkness and  balances herself in all forms through artistic action of self-pleasure (using clitoral stimulation)  and painting. Presence of black and white refers to symbolism of Yin and Yang which according to Tao is not only the meaning of dualism and fight of two opposite forces, but two halves that together complete wholeness. They symbolize two opposing energies, which, mutating and interacting, represent the dynamics of the world. 

Photo and video credit made by Tonya Polskaya https://www.artconnect.com/profile/tonya-polskaya


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