Armour (3/3) by Kyryl Korin

Armour (1–3) operates as both shield and signal. The series examines the tension between authenticity and social performance. These works do not simply depict protection, they enact it. Through layered surfaces and embedded reflective steel, they mirror the viewer back into the work, implicating them in the same choreography of self-presentation.

The progression from Armour (1) to (2 and 3) marks a shift from observation to embodiment. Where the first work gestures toward the construction of façades, the latter pieces intensify this logic, integrating hyper-reflective stainless steel and extending into cage-like structures that project outward from the canvas. These frameworks echo the dimensions of the paintings themselves, enclosing them in rigid, industrial geometries. Protection here becomes constraint; adaptation edges toward self-erasure

Kyryl Korin (b. 2005) is a visual artist born and raised in Khmelnytskyi, Western Ukraine. Currently he works in Basel, Switzerland. His practice is rooted in a solid academic foundation in painting and drawing, which over time has developed beyond the traditional two-dimensional media. Today Kyryl's work is a blend between plane and spatial. He engages with painting, drawing, sculpture and installation, incorporating a diverse range of materials such as metal, wood, ceramics, leather, fabric, and other. Each selected for its physical properties, symbolism, history and narrative potential. Kyryl's practice is focusing on contemporary culture and societal themes, such as: social hierarchies and dynamics, authenticity and performance, power structures and conditioned behavior etc. Through figuration and abstraction, symbolism and metaphor, he seeks to explore contemporary social realities and evoke dialogue.

This artwork was part of Kyryl's solo exhibition in ELEVEN TEN STUDIO in May 2026.