Olga Antonova
projects 2020–2024












Untitled Forms (exhibition)


Shcherbenko Art Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine
15.10.2021 – 14.11.2021


objects – metal wire, spray paint
various sizes,
paintings – oil on canvas
170 x 220 cm,
drawings – charcoal, pencil, liners, ink on paper
50 x 70 cm,
sound


Exhibition included graphic works from the series Limited Space of Paper, as well as sculptures from the series Outside of Paper, paintings and sound from the series Untitled Forms.

I am trying to build a bridge between formal discourse of classical mediums and our “hidden” feelings. In this project I am talking about loneliness. The part of the sculptures on the wall make the line together with sculpture on the floor and drawings on the opposite wall. The whole space is black and white, except the rear wall, which has color (paintings). Three speakers are placed on the floor beside two opposite walls.

The sound unites all the works together. It is not loud, if you stay in the middle of the room, you can hear a sort of cacophony or some separate words from each text. But if you come closer to one speaker you can hear the whole text. There are also pauses each seven minutes.

The feeling that I was trying to reach with such exposition was unsettling feeling, feeling of loneliness.