Tatsiana Ulasavets — “Buy!” fragment / Triptych “Consumer Society” / oil on canvas / 81.6 × 123 cm / 2025

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Tatsiana Ulasavets — “Buy!” / Triptych “Consumer Society” / oil on canvas / 81.6 × 123 cm / 2025

A metaphor of total shopping. An avalanche of shopping carts and advertising screens with loud slogans transform life into an endless trip to the supermarket.

Tatsiana Ulasavets — “Enslaved by Information” / Triptych “Consumer Society” / oil on canvas / 81.6 × 123 cm / 2025

A pyramid of functioning yet unnecessary smartphones. The endless race for the latest innovations creates mountains of obsolete technology.

Tatsiana Ulasavets — “Fast Fashion” / Triptych “Consumer Society” / oil on canvas / 78.5 × 90 cm / 2023

The other side of fashion. New clothing is sent to landfills without ever reaching its owner. Trends devalue items faster than they can be purchased.

Tatsiana Ulasavets — “Warehouse 2.0” / oil on canvas / 140 × 120 cm / 2026

 
Before the viewer unfolds a hyperrealistic, endless space devoid of human presence and filled with shelves of various boxes — purchases. Cold electric light illuminates them, allowing the viewer to examine every detail. The boxes are marked with labels, barcodes, and inscriptions that distinguish them from one another.

This is a new world, a new store where human presence is no longer required to make purchases. Everything here is sterile and impersonal.

On the cold floor below lies a crumpled bag — the only element disrupting the flawless order of this system.

Tatsiana Ulasavets — “Your Life, Sir” / oil on canvas / 50 × 70 cm / 2026

 
The painting transforms a metaphor into a literal image. “Your Life, Sir” is a final receipt — a detailed list of all the “purchases” made by a person. Each receipt represents a microtransaction of time, energy, and choices. The tray, like a restaurant bill plate, is presented at the end of the meal — life itself. The viewer is invited to “pay” with awareness.

Receipts are a symbol of something extremely ephemeral. They fade and are discarded. Elevating them to the status of “life” emphasizes the fragility and futility of human efforts. All that remains is a fragile piece of paper.

Tatsiana Ulasavets — “Reflection” / pastel, charcoal, paper / 120 × 140 cm / 2022

In this work, the author’s figure is placed within the space of a mirror, which itself exists within the interior space of the studio. The mirror is an old dressing table — an echo of the recent past. A small still life composed of the author’s personal belongings is arranged on it.

Because the figure is depicted standing at full height, with the feet almost touching the surface of the dressing table, it creates the impression of the figure resembling a small statuette — an object that completes the still life and becomes part of the studio environment.

All of these objects are products of mass consumption, as we live in a consumer society, in a world of things.

Biography:
Tatsiana Ulasavets (b. 2002, Minsk) is a Belarusian artist working in the field of easel painting.

Her works have been presented at Art-Minsk, the Young Artists’ Triennial, Academy Potential, as well as at the international plein air symposium Sunny Palette of the East in Kyrgyzstan. In 2026, her solo exhibition Partaking was held at the National Centre for Contemporary Arts in Minsk.

In her work, Tatsiana Ulasavets explores consumer society, where objects, purchases, and technologies gradually replace human presence. Through hyperrealistic imagery, everyday objects, and familiar symbols (receipts, smartphones, clothing, and packaging), the artist reflects on the fleeting nature of life, the devaluation of things, and how contemporary systems transform people into another element of the consumer world.

Education:
Tatsiana Ulasavets is a graduate with honors of the Minsk State Art College named after A. K. Glebov and is currently continuing her studies at the Belarusian State Academy of Arts.

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Sources:
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