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Flounder Print

Ekaterina Belukhina

United Kingdom

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ABOUT THE ARTWORK

The Disney cartoons hold a special place in the painter's heart from childhood, so the subject was quickly approved. So far the series includes five 60x60 paintings made with oil on canvas: “Flounder”, “Winnie the Pooh”, “Bamby”, “Tweety” and “Dumbo & Dancing Elephants”. “In my work I’m usually looking for contradictions. In this series I was captivated by the idea to imitate a kid's drawing, naive, childlike approach to art – but with academic tools and techniques”, – explains Belukhina. Unlike other Kate’s works, where she creates the texture with generous paint strokes on the canvas, paintings from the Disney series appear flat – again reminiscent of a pencil drawing on paper that the kid would do. And this is really something that reveals an experienced painter, making this naive-looking doodle an artwork: the characters appear in the corner, lower or upper part of the square, framed by chaotic but rhythmic scribbles, alltogether creating a balanced and pleasing composition. Contradiction appears not only between the childish subject of the painting and its technique. It’s also in the feelings it gives to the viewer. And though the first reaction can be tenderness and smile, somewhere deep appears a feeling of anxiety. We see the features of our favourite characters being distorted, their facial expressions and emotions are hard to read (unlike in the cartoons, where they are always obvious and exaggerated). We notice some hints, like Piglet that is smoking, or Flounder floating in “dirty” water, that reveal unkind irony behind the innocent surface. “I find it interesting to present nice things in an ugly way, - confesses the artist. - It’s my way to explore the object and show the viewer that nothing should be taken for granted”.

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Giclee on Canvas

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16 W x 16 H x 1.25 D in

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17.75 W x 17.75 H x 1.25 D in

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Ekaterina is of Russian origin based both in Tel-Aviv and London. She is a visual artist who specializes in Modern Art. Her practice includes oil, gouache, acrylic and mixed media paintings on canvases and paper besides any other drawing materials. Oil paintings provide an opportunity for her to convey physical sensations throughout visual image and material properties using a wide range of textures. She has been studying fine art since 2019 at Visual Art Center in Tel-Aviv, took numerous workshops with stars of Israel art science, from collages to contemporary art practices. Ekaterina participated in a great number of exhibitions in her short career, among others are Museo di Salerno, London Biennale. She took part in residencies: SpudWORKS in the UK and Transhumanisme in Israel. Ekaterina's exceptional interest lies in the area of portraiture, she paints faces of her close ones and strangers whom she meets in life with the sense of expressionism due to vivid brushworks and impressionisь employing color, along with self-portraits through the lens of the colours, shapes and textures. Inspiration comes from self-questioning and sharpening my intuition coupled with great artists of the past such as Chaim Soutin, Frank Aurbach, Cy Twombly, Nick Devereux. Her paintings are an invitation to the collision between beauty (harmony) and chaos, as well as, integrity and disintegration. Her works are mostly figurative. Ekaterina has created a new series of female portraits that feature intense, unique color and texture, and uses paints to create images of the world. In many of her works, she brings up the subject of violence and inequality against women through rough textures and irregular strokes. She invites spectators to be active and interact visually with tactile sensations, while at the same time visually representing the ugliness of real life. Ekaterina's works reflect the reality of women's position in society. At the same time finding great support at womanhood.

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