10th Commandment

Title: “X. Thou shalt not desire thy neighbour’s house, his wife, or his slaves, or his animals, or anything of thy neighbour”

Type of work: Conscious Abstraction

Project: “Covenant”

Technique of Realization – Light Painting

Year: 2024

Limited Collector’s Photography, archival pigment print on photographic paper of the highest quality, meeting museum longevity standards.
Hand-applied numbering and author’s signature. A dedicated Certificate of Authenticity is attached to the work. It is available in a pool of up to a single copy of 1200 x 800mm and 2 copies 600 x 400mm and has the status of a work of art. +1 AP (an exhibition copy used for competitions and shows, which cannot be sold)

In its classical spiritual and moral dimension, this commandment addresses the roots of human desire for possession—not merely as a physical act but as an internal intention, which can lead to the violation of other ethical principles. In the contemporary world, where society operates within a system of perpetual exposure, consumption, and comparison (primarily mediated through social media and visual culture), this prohibition assumes the role of a critical commentary on desire as a destabilizing force affecting identity, relationships, and individual psychological well-being.

Within the framework of Conscious Abstraction, the image does not directly reference the “house” or “wife” as figurative elements; rather, it treats them as symbols of structures of desire—spaces recognized as foreign yet onto which we project our unfulfilled needs. Abstraction becomes a tool to explore these boundaries: when the need for growth transforms into the lust for possession, and admiration into envy.

From a contemporary perspective, the work raises the question: Is desire untainted by comparison possible? Furthermore, does desire that does not culminate in action remain morally neutral? The piece suggests that, in a world saturated with images yet deprived of genuine presence, desire itself is profoundly complicated and ethically charged.