The Spaces of the Minotaur : sourht 1
A project dedicated to the Minotaur, a character created by Stella Polare.
The character’s head consists of folded fingers in the so-called «Minotaur» gesture, «horns» hand-sign. According to the legend of Ancient Greece, King Minos was shamed by his subjects with a gesture, recalling the betrayal of his wife and the birth of a monster with a human body and a bull’s head. This creature was imprisoned in the Labyrinth. Reflections on the Minotaur came to Stella Polare after the pandemic, when the artist thought about the existence of the French letter H.
This is the letter that begins the word «Homme», which means «Man», «Honneur» – «Honor».
According to the artist, this letter lives in eternal imprisonment, and today its status must be revised, because we all know how to exist in isolation. Is this a real life?
Thus in her graphics, the artist displays the letter H in the image of the Minotaur character in various spaces, devoid of frames, full of freedom and joy. Having received a smile on his face, the character receives a free spirit and finally a kind of visa – the right to live in any space without frames and rules, in the colors of brightness and life, finally positive experiences after a long struggle for rights, for peace, for freedom.
The project is devided in so called sourhts. This Word is derived from 2 words «sourah» and «suret». The 1st is part of Coran and litereally translated like a «word», «step», «chapter»… The 2nd comes from Ottoman Turkish and has the meaning «image». These 2 words are doublets. The artwork contains 365 drawings of the Minotaur in different spaces, which runs throughout the year.
Ediiton of 88 exemples.
The Spaces of Minotaur : sourht 2
These 2 words are doublets. The artwork contains 1440 photos of spaces that the Minotaur has visited throughout the day.
Children Are the Flowers of Life
In Uzbekistan, where I come from, there is a saying: « Bolali uy bozor, bolasiz uy mozor, » which means: « A home with children is a bustling marketplace; a home without children is a graveyard. » Uzbeks also refer to children as the « flowers of life, » and this is where the name of this project comes from.
As part of the project, alongside flowers made of clay—symbolizing a child—there will be cards with messages, thoughts, or dreams. The number of petals on each flower corresponds to the age of the child at the time of their passing. When a person leaves this world, especially at such a young age, they remain forever young in the memory of their loved ones. This memory lives on as long as we remember these children.
The flowers with messages will be placed on the ground, evoking the image of a cemetery. The goal of the project is to make people who are alive today realize the joy they have now—joy that the deceased children were never able to experience.
Scarf is Art
Carrés de soie
Scarves designed in France and made in Italy
elegance of silk scarves
artworks
Why I create ?
Stella Polare, French-Uzbek young contemporary artist, based in Paris. Her real name, Khulkar, is translated as «polar star», that is why she sas chosen the artistic name Stella Polare. Today the artist aims to transmit the message that it is «urgent to be joyful» though her art. Indeed the concept the artist is developing she called "vitaculture", that means the joy urgency. Stella Polare exhibited at UNESCO, Louvre, she had also carte blanche at Palais Jacques Coeur in 2021, the same year 2021 she was invited to the Parole des Femmes, public talk at the House of the Great French writer, Maison de George Sand.
Why Scarf ? Scarf is a symbol of emancipation of women for Stella Polare, reference of status in Europe, immutable element of the paranja history, honour murder of Nurkhon Yuldasheva, the life of Tamara Khanum in Uzbekistan, the art of Louis Bourgeois and others. This is also raising the questions of the household women labor, not counted in the national economy.
Special note : We print in little amounts in order to avoid wasting. If your favorite scarf is not available and you want to have it for some special date, please note you may order it and have it in 8 weeks after having ordered. This is the same duration for personnalisation of your scarf.