PARALLAX AF 2011 LONDON
You can see my paintings INCOGNITO II and INCOGNITO III at PARALLAX AF 2011
La Galleria, Royal Opera Arcade, Pall Mall, London
From July 4st - 10th 2011
Monday 4th July: 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 5th July: 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 6th July: 10am - 6pm
Friday 8th July: 10am - 6pm
Saturday 9th July: 10am - 6pm
Sunday 10th July: 10am - 5pm
“Parallax AF showcases kitsch, beauty, sexuality, humour, and encourages the viewer to think, seek and be inspired. Unlike traditional art fairs, it builds into its structure an element of “unity” by curating specific details, colour experimentation, and dynamic compositions with a nerve of contemporariness. The selected artists are inspired to maximise the space, and the curator is challenged to “cohere” a divergent group of practitioners.
Parallax AF corresponds to the evolution of the viewer’s interior/exterior environments, as objects metamorphose into a hub of competing references, evoking individual/collective scenarios, historical events and intimate encounters. It deliberately avoids a common theme like other fairs. The “theme”, if it can be called that at all, is one of a chaotic retrospective intended to alter the viewer’s sense of space and reveal hidden qualities in a familiar world. We see the present as fragmented and inconsistent, and the endless streams of information only reinforce our sense of disorientation. Within this atmosphere of visual intensity and abstract contemplation, we urge the viewer to find their own means of interpretation and interaction with objects.
The past generates unexpected connections with the present and takes on a new and topical meaning. In an age that attempts to synthesise found and made materials, where aesthetics of minimalism often clash with astonishing brushwork, the value of art remains the same. It lies in the unpredictability of an individual’s perception. Personal recollections in Parallax AF clash with official pasts, or are derived from the marginal zones of culture. Ultimately, they direct the viewer to the ephemerality and volatility of contemporary expression.
With its focus on the quality of ideas, Parallax AF attempts to showcase works that often translate globally, the iconography and symbols representative of all genres. Utilising new technologies, as well as manipulating traditional techniques, the artists exhibit personal investigations that drive their own histories, stages, and personalities, expressing these unique reflections through postmodernistic synesthesia. However, despite the differences of research, it is interesting that each, often unconsciously, expresses something of their nationality within their postmodernist principles.
Parallax AF has a direct association with the legacy of functionalism and practicality in its apparent “genres”: figurative and new media. However, there is little simulation of the objective environment. The artists are more often interested in creating perfect spatial structures, the possibilities of transforming objects, and the dynamics of audience perception.
Parallax AF is very important on the international art calendar, not least because it provides artists, particularly emerging artists, with an opportunity to present their work in a context utilising some of the latest, and most challenging, art-historical thinking to emerge in recent times; artists as researchers, as all good artists should be, collaborating in research exhibitions that attempt to actually shape our visual culture. However, it also involves what a good art market should entail for viewers: the excitement of contemporary art, access to exploring artists from around the world, and an opportunity to learn more about artists through in-depth content.”
Gayane Umerova
Nascita di Venere
“Russian-born Belgian artist Olga Gouskova gives classic femininity a fresh 21st century style. Many of her paintings look inspired by Botticelli’s Venus: women with long tresses, nude, timelessly elegant in manner and pose. Some of her paintings hint at a hidden sensuality–such as the one featuring a woman wearing a delicate, lace mask–while others bring a runway fashion sense to female beauty with universal appeal.” Claudia Moscovici, art critic and author of Romanticism and Postromanticism (Lexington Books, 2007)
"Nascita di Venere" Sandro Botticelli
Honestly I never saw a link between Botticelli’s art and my work. Although I love his art very much.
Because usually people talk about Art Nouveau and Klimt, and Mucha when they see my paintings.
But after I’ve got the the comments and the blurb from Claudia Moscovici, art critic and author of Romanticism and Postromanticism I was thinking all evening about Botticelli and his Venus…
And then suddenly I’ve remembered that when I was a little girl we had the “Encyclopedia for Kids” at home. 12 big thick heavy books about different subjects. And one of them was about Art of cause – my favorite. There was a reproduction of Botticelli’s Venus. I could look at it for hours – she was beautiful, perfect but she had a secret… some mystery… her own story… and that always intrigued me so much. And I also wanted to be able to paint such beautiful female portraits … I think it was the first time sins many-many years I was thinking about her again…
But now I know were and how all this started…
Incognito II
Brussels Accessible Art Fair 13-15 May 2011
The Brussels Accessible Art Fair
will be opening its doors to welcome you to its 7th edition.
ART HAS NEVER BEEN SO CLOSE TO YOU!
Conrad Brussels Hotel
Avenue Louise, 71, 1050, Brussels.
Looking forward to meeting you there !
The article in De Morgen Magazine – 30 april 2011
“Raad op maat voor kunstmaagden”.
door Barbara De Munnyck
The article in L’Eventail Magazine mai 2011
L'Eventail Magazine mai 2011
