Garold

2024 — 2025
The dependence of one’s sense of self on external circumstances and opinions, and the tendency to relinquish responsibility for one’s own feelings, only distances one from achieving inner harmony. No "magic pill" promoted from the outside can help overcome a personal crisis. It is necessary to turn inward, to listen to one’s own voice, and to understand one’s values and emotions.
garold is an entity that lives within each of us, helping to find answers and overcome imbalance at different stages of the personal journey.

The project consists of the personification of Garold himself — a felt toy —as well as paintings and a performance.
The project also has a sequel (2025−26).

Garold

2024 — 2025

Garold

2024 — 2025
Garold
2024 / Wool, cotton, glass, 12х40х30 cm
The dependence of one’s sense of self on external circumstances and opinions, and the tendency to relinquish responsibility for one’s own feelings, only distances one from achieving inner harmony. No "magic pill" promoted from the outside can help overcome a personal crisis. It is necessary to turn inward, to listen to one’s own voice, and to understand one’s values and emotions.
Garold is an entity that lives within each of us, helping to find answers and overcome imbalance at different stages of the personal journey.

The project consists of the personification of Harold himself — a felt toy —as well as paintings and a performance.
The project also has a sequel (2025−26).
The dependence of one’s sense of self on external circumstances and opinions, and the tendency to relinquish responsibility for one’s own feelings, only distances one from achieving inner harmony. No "magic pill" promoted from the outside can help overcome a personal crisis. It is necessary to turn inward, to listen to one’s own voice, and to understand one’s values and emotions.
Harold is an entity that lives within each of us, helping to find answers and overcome imbalance at different stages of the personal journey.

The project consists of the personification of Garold himself — a felt toy —as well as paintings and a performance.
The project also has a sequel (2025−26).
Don’t look up
2024 / Oil on canvas, 80х110 cm
Yana Sokalski, "Harold" Art Project, Don’t look up 2024 / Oil on canvas, 80х110 cm
Taganrog Poultry Farm
2024 / Oil on canvas, 80х110 cm
Yana Sokalski, "Harold" Art Project, Taganrog Poultry Farm 2024 / Oil on canvas, 80х110 cm
Secret Laboratory
2024 / Oil on canvas, 170x110 cm
Yana Sokalski, "Harold" Art Project, Secret Laboratory 2024 / Oil on canvas, 170x110 cm
Mystical Forest
2024 / Oil on canvas, 170x110 cm
Yana Sokalski, "Harold" Art Project, Mystical Forest 2024 / Oil on canvas, 170x110 cm
Yana Sokalski as the character from the painting "Taganrog Poultry Farm"
Key Ingredients, Cube Moscow / 2024
Yana Sokalski as the character from the painting "Taganrog Poultry Farm" Key Ingredients, Cube Moscow / 2024