WOMAN IN LANDSCAPE
Space 776 Gallery, New York, NY (here)
Jul 22 - Aug 17, 2022
Curated by Dasha Bazanova
The landscape is a poetic metaphor that I understand widely. It is both a geographical, cultural, and political landscape. It is a modern, constantly changing society, where globalization, migration, and real politics occur. It is full of ambitions, disappointments, and patriarchal attitudes, and this is the world where a woman seeks and positions herself.
In Breach. 2022, one of the most recent artworks I reflect on the ongoing war in Ukraine. I insert myself and the viewer into the painting by adding a mirror element in the middle of the painting.
The protagonist of the character that I create in my paintings is a woman who finds a fulcrum within herself, her body, and her sexuality. I see the body as a direct, physical presence and a source of vitality, desire, and power. Through the body, I feel oneness with nature and the endless flow of the river of life.
Flow, movement, dance - this is a dynamic balance, an active principle with its own beauty and a unique expression. We are all born into the world as creatures of the flesh, and from bodily perceptions, movements, emotions, and feelings, the meaning of life becomes possible.
2022. oil on canvas, mirror. 46x99 in (116x252 cm)
2022. oil on canvas. 76x26 in (193x66 cm)
2021 oil on canvas, 28x36 in (71x91cm)
2021. oil on canvas. 68x42 in (173x107 cm)
2021. ink and watercolor on paper. 29.5x20 in (74x54 cm)
2021. ink and watercolor on paper. 30x22 in (76x56 cm)
2021. ink and watercolor on paper. 29x21 in (74x54 cm)
2021. ink and watercolor on paper. 32x29.5 in (81x76 cm)
2021. watercolor on paper. 9x12 in (23x30x.5cm )
2017. oil on canvas. 32x28 in (81x71 cm)
2018. oil on canvas. 58x46 in (147x117 cm)
2021. oil on canvas. 40x52 in (101 x132 cm)
2019. oil on canvas. 26x36 in (66x91.5 cm)
2021. ink and watercolor on paper, 24x18 in (61x46 cm)
2021. ink and watercolor on paper, 18x12 in (46x30.5 cm)
2021. ink and watercolor on paper, 18x12 in (46x30.5 cm)