Maryan Besaga

Insomnia V conveys a state of maximum mental activity — a moment when thoughts can no longer be organized into a coherent inner monologue. They emerge simultaneously, intersect, repeat, break off, and give way to new impulses.

The composition is constructed as a dense system of horizontal movements continuously disrupted by diagonal rhythms. The brushstroke becomes short and nervous, at times splitting into parallel lines that create a sense of vibration. The surface seems to be in constant motion, even though the space of the canvas itself remains enclosed.

The contrast of colours plays a particularly important role. Red and burgundy fields collide with violet, turquoise, green, and almost white fragments. No single colour ever gains complete dominance — each appears, is covered by another, and then returns. Colour behaves like thought during insomnia: it cannot be held in a single state.

There is almost no empty space in the work. The entire surface is saturated with information, movement, and traces of previous gestures. This very excess becomes an image of the inner state — a consciousness that continues to generate images even when it longs for silence.

Insomnia V can be perceived as a visual model of information overload, in which individual signals can no longer be separated from one another. Yet from within this apparent chaos, a rhythm of its own emerges — unstable and fragmented, but internally organized.