N1

Online exhibition · May 2020
Curated by Victoria Shaminova

Made during the first year of the pandemic, N1 brings together small acrylic paintings on photographs from my own archive. The photographs were taken over several years; the painted works were made in 2020. This was my first solo online exhibition.

Paint moves across faces, bodies and everyday places, introducing creatures and unexpected events. The titles give these encounters their own stories: a war duck, a toxic snake, a pale librarian, exhausted dreams coming home from a night shift.

Acrylic on photoprints, 2020
Original works: 10 × 15 cm

View the exhibition catalogue (PDF, 48 pages)

Selected works

War Duck and the Whizzing of Shafts and Missiles!. Acrylic on photoprint, 2020, 10 × 15 cm.
A Horror Story About a Search for Identity. Acrylic on photoprint, 2020, 10 × 15 cm.
Entropy. Acrylic on photoprint, 2020, 10 × 15 cm.
Toxic Snake of a Virus. Acrylic on photoprint, 2020, 10 × 15 cm.
Goblin from Prague who can turn anybody into a Dog. Acrylic on photoprint, 2020, 10 × 15 cm.
My Sense of Obligation. Acrylic on photoprint, 2020, 10 × 15 cm.
Secret of a Pale Librarian. Acrylic on photoprint, 2020, 10 × 15 cm.
Exhausted Dreams After Long Night Shift. Acrylic on photoprint, 2020, 10 × 15 cm.

Exhibition team

Marina Smith — artist
Victoria Shaminova — curator
Tatyana Kulish — PR
Valentin Silenok — translator
Vladislav Yurikov — web designer
Sergey Egorov — designer

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