Image Prediction. Metalanguage 1980

Here we see “Image Prediction. Metalanguage,” by Oleksandr Aksinin, made in an unknown year, with unknown materials. At first glance, the artwork presents itself as a grid, reminiscent of a chessboard, filled with contrasting images and patterns in shades of red, grey and black. The composition is divided into squares, each containing unique, surreal imagery that invites an emotional response due to its enigmatic and dreamlike quality. Aksinin seems to explore the semiotic system of signs. The repetitive use of geometric shapes and organic forms functions as a visual language, reflecting a poststructuralist interest in how meaning is constructed through difference and opposition. Each square operates like a linguistic unit, contributing to a larger, fragmented narrative that resists fixed interpretation. The artist destabilizes conventional modes of representation by layering symbolic elements, challenging us to question the boundaries between the conscious and unconscious mind. Notice how the grid structure itself, a symbol of order, contains chaotic and irrational imagery, disrupting our expectations of meaning and coherence. The artwork functions as an open-ended inquiry into the nature of perception and representation.