***
Rogues, dogs and lepers
what background of a Turkified
Russian lead the country
by the muzzle like a cow
to the slaughterhouse.
“Let them lead her!”
the cuckoo sings to them.
MELANCOLIA FULGERULUI Vlad Neagoe are cosmognia în sânge. Închipuirea sa e inflamantă de spectacole terifiante, de convulsii metaf...
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Rogues, dogs and lepers
what background of a Turkified
Russian lead the country
by the muzzle like a cow
to the slaughterhouse.
“Let them lead her!”
the cuckoo sings to them.
***
The Rumanian cannibal
simultaneously crook and saint
the voluptuousness of the impulse
makes him every beast, it doesn’t
matter what and he tranquilly
abandons himself to death,
resigned
ready buried.
***
All that reminds us of the human
is filthy
neither Mara nor Buddha can’t
stand this.
The leap into the future arrays
them clearly
for us: the disappearance of the
languages,
of the nations, of the man, of
the life,
of Nirvana and of the Redemption,
of the…
You shall lie in bed and you shall
poop
as a sign of abdication and of
mourning.
The world has already begun to
sink
following the decision of more
schizophrenic
leaders although God claims that
not a single
hair shall be shaken without His
will.
Nonetheless the man moves on, a
poor
triumphant earthworm.
Romania a vulgar and wicked, bawdy hulk of a woman falls off the chair with her legs up when you don't even expect it and she dangles them in the air screaming. Those who surround her laugh with a harsh and callous laugh.
The drawing presents a stark, intimate meditation on mortality and material attachment, and a curatorial note can help frame its conceptual weight with clarity and nuance.
Curatorial Note on I take it all with me by L. Neagoe
The drawing’s hand‑rendered quality—loose lines, minimal detail, and an almost childlike directness—creates a disarming contrast with the gravity of its theme. This stylistic restraint allows the viewer to focus on the symbolic objects. The cat, a creature often associated with companionship, domesticity, and emotional continuity, becomes a quiet counterpoint to the cold, transactional presence of cash. The money hovers above the body like a final, futile halo, suggesting both desire and delusion. In death, the figure clings to the very things that cannot follow.
The handwritten caption, “I take it all with me,” functions as both declaration and irony. It exposes the absurdity of material accumulation when placed against the absolute horizon of mortality. At the same time, it reflects a deeply human impulse: the hope that what we value in life—comfort, security, affection—might somehow remain ours beyond its end.
Neagoe’s work sits within a lineage of memento mori traditions, yet it updates the genre for a contemporary context shaped by consumerism, personal identity tied to possessions, and the emotional weight of everyday objects. The drawing invites viewers to consider what truly accompanies us when everything else falls away, and whether the things we cling to are chosen out of meaning or habit.
The piece ultimately asks a quiet but unsettling question: When the final inventory is taken, what remains worth carrying?
SOURCE : COPILOT