https://olga-antonova.com olga-antonova Sat, 11 Nov 2023 07:59:24 +0000 https://olga-antonova.com en https://olga-antonova.com/Olga-Antonova Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:45:40 +0000 olga-antonova https://olga-antonova.com/Olga-Antonova InstagramPortfolio CV For the studio visit please contact me here antonova.vo@gmail.com Drawing is my primary medium. Any work is stipulated, defined and starts with a drawing. I approach every other medium that I use as if it were drawing. Sometimes graphic forms go out of paper and become objects, texts or videos. The practice of drawing is very metaphorical for me. It is always associated with such notions as mistake, control, repetition, fear, loneliness and time. It is a process of balancing the control my drawing needs, and the level of letting go, when I can just follow the line. Control is very connected to the notion of mistake, with the struggle of defining a mistake, changing the perspective it can be seen, trying to work around it, overcoming the obstacles. For me drawing is a constant search, a constant attempt to understand, to grasp the unattainable. It is a state of being ‘in between’, in between the opposite moods, in between understanding and not knowing, in between certainty and insecurity. It is a practice of escaping, ‘feeling’ the time. My works usually are very personal, but reflect the reality we currently live in, which is very difficult to face now. The global state of the catastrophe, balancing on the edge of constant depression, and still trying to find the moment to breathe. Everyday overcoming or living through the dystopian melancholy that our society faces now. With my drawings I notice myself being fascinated with the simple forms, with the barely noticeable differences of grey and black, with texture of the paper. I am immersing myself into the movements of pencil on the paper and trying to find a light, confident form. Short biography Currently I am based in Zurich, Switzerland.In June 2022 I obtained a Master degree in Fine Arts at Zurich University of the Arts.I was a participant of the What’s next_Compass Programme 2022/2024. Before, I lived and worked for some time in Kyiv, Ukraine.From 2016 till 2018 I was a part of an art collective Art-Group Light. Since 2018 I am focusing on my personal artistic practice.In 2018–2019 as part of my practice development I took mentorings from Myroslav Vayda.In 2021 I participated at Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in the class “The Art of Art Writing – From art criticism to creative writing (and back)” by Louisa Elderton and Klaus Speidel.In 2021 I was a nominee at Koschatzky Art-Award. https://olga-antonova.com/Mobile-header Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:45:41 +0000 olga-antonova https://olga-antonova.com/Mobile-header https://olga-antonova.com/Leave-With-Me-Into-Tomorrow Sat, 11 Nov 2023 07:59:24 +0000 olga-antonova https://olga-antonova.com/Leave-With-Me-Into-Tomorrow Leave With Me Into Tomorrow An ongoing project of mine, that consists of drawings on paper and their small metal shadows on the floor. Some drawings were shown recently. More drawings are still in process of making. <img width="4080" height="3072" width_o="4080" height_o="3072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e608fd8bf3ad4852a75610e8f37f349f8247c68b1f1c5a7bc74a8250b41336b4/PXL_20240413_115011919.jpg" data-mid="209717659" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e608fd8bf3ad4852a75610e8f37f349f8247c68b1f1c5a7bc74a8250b41336b4/PXL_20240413_115011919.jpg" /> Printemps Lacustre at Bahay Contemporary Buchillon, Switzerland13.04.2024 – 21.04.2024 drawings – pencils, charcoal, pastel on paper175x130 cm, 180x130 cm 180x130 cm metal sheets 150x130 cm “... idea of the thing—the form—is not an ethereal image of the thing, nor is it how it appears. It is neither a noumenon nor a phenomenon. It is the thought of the thing, which is to say, its formation, reformation, or transformation into truth.” — from The Pleasure in Drawing by Jean-Luc Nancy In the chaotic, stressful, full of despair and devastation, current events, I turn to drawing. I am looking for an image of an idea to transform into truth in myself, the simple light confident form. It still exists somehow.&nbsp; <img width="3072" height="4080" width_o="3072" height_o="4080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67fe0cfca0469c899c53b4e395000d3c3df7c959cbfdaed8c20da3e261137578/PXL_20240413_114533172.jpg" data-mid="209718422" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/67fe0cfca0469c899c53b4e395000d3c3df7c959cbfdaed8c20da3e261137578/PXL_20240413_114533172.jpg" /> <img width="3072" height="4080" width_o="3072" height_o="4080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0251c64306a561b45377a48bd4c912ed3d02eddc25d3ff1b160df74a86809456/PXL_20240413_114333289.jpg" data-mid="209718497" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0251c64306a561b45377a48bd4c912ed3d02eddc25d3ff1b160df74a86809456/PXL_20240413_114333289.jpg" /> <img width="3072" height="4080" width_o="3072" height_o="4080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/56518ed0d1953b61b0fa24cd7fa980a84cf145a93477f759d55fb24cabb34f96/PXL_20240413_114428505.jpg" data-mid="209718495" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/56518ed0d1953b61b0fa24cd7fa980a84cf145a93477f759d55fb24cabb34f96/PXL_20240413_114428505.jpg" /> <img width="4080" height="3072" width_o="4080" height_o="3072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8989c8acecf4d7d66985a63ef0b4c2eba853added283d356f17f7e089d9924b0/PXL_20240317_112649951.jpg" data-mid="209718765" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8989c8acecf4d7d66985a63ef0b4c2eba853added283d356f17f7e089d9924b0/PXL_20240317_112649951.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1280" width_o="1920" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9542d67ba38fcc5f40c3d68f2e2b043df7771f0bf32c04a40ed277cbecedbd7d/by-kateryna.jpg" data-mid="196537443" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9542d67ba38fcc5f40c3d68f2e2b043df7771f0bf32c04a40ed277cbecedbd7d/by-kateryna.jpg" /> photo by Katerina Sedy Slow Circuit at Parat, Zurich, Switzerland21.09.2023 – 30.09.2023 drawings – pencils, charcoal on paper170x130 cm 180x130 cm metal sheets 130x35 cm 130x40 cm <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e2f242cdef8ae32bb6ef7f7d937bdc5c0dddf2235939f11b83c2caea2d98da62/IMG_2744.jpg" data-mid="196537445" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e2f242cdef8ae32bb6ef7f7d937bdc5c0dddf2235939f11b83c2caea2d98da62/IMG_2744.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/63e266bbf800067519014d497078a06847bf7c117342dc23c6b03f75b55644b8/IMG_2771.jpg" data-mid="196537444" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/63e266bbf800067519014d497078a06847bf7c117342dc23c6b03f75b55644b8/IMG_2771.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d47bf124425c0e31bf561a0fd8ae28a367f0d20326838c752940d41743ff98a5/IMG_2781.jpg" data-mid="196537446" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d47bf124425c0e31bf561a0fd8ae28a367f0d20326838c752940d41743ff98a5/IMG_2781.jpg" /> https://olga-antonova.com/Seeing-Through-Screens Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:45:41 +0000 olga-antonova https://olga-antonova.com/Seeing-Through-Screens Seeing Through Screens Last words from the periphery III at Attheoff.space , Zurich, Switzerland 17.09.2022 – 30.09.2022 pencils on highly transparent drawing paper 14.8 x 21 cm <img width="5458" height="3585" width_o="5458" height_o="3585" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b139ef720d77eac2752d91e6efa4bdc94d1f5b8e1b28c91a1f8559bdf1d64fdc/_DSC3044.jpg" data-mid="186671617" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b139ef720d77eac2752d91e6efa4bdc94d1f5b8e1b28c91a1f8559bdf1d64fdc/_DSC3044.jpg" /> Seeing destruction, devastation, pain, aggression, ruins, tears, injuries, blood, smoke, death. Seeing it only through the screen. Seeing through the screen means not being there, not feeling it with my body, not touching with my hands, not hugging people, just scrolling the news all the time. First it is devastating to see the destruction of the houses, of someone’s homes, then there are no more feelings, only numbness most of the time, but not all of the time. Sometimes it is overwhelming pain. I am drawing on the transparent paper, tracing the photos from the news on my tablet. This is my way of not thinking, just tracing the lines, nervous and abrupt lines, not understanding the result that they will make. I also don’t understand what is going to happen by the end of the war in Ukraine. Unknown and unpredictability is all I have now. <img width="5290" height="3250" width_o="5290" height_o="3250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/56b22326fee22dc4c6ee43850f702623ae068189121b1bd06b6e79bdd33ea34f/_DSC3069.jpg" data-mid="186758497" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/56b22326fee22dc4c6ee43850f702623ae068189121b1bd06b6e79bdd33ea34f/_DSC3069.jpg" /> <img width="5568" height="3712" width_o="5568" height_o="3712" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0b8fe8bc4d633d8d373b6a50ac3d3057e07925aeb14aa099a1783535d89feab/_DSC3070.jpg" data-mid="186758508" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f0b8fe8bc4d633d8d373b6a50ac3d3057e07925aeb14aa099a1783535d89feab/_DSC3070.jpg" /> <img width="5391" height="3461" width_o="5391" height_o="3461" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/51a4f01da847baca9f9002a415b1f8661d828baafda1d2676f547443501c276b/_DSC3071.jpg" data-mid="186758708" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/51a4f01da847baca9f9002a415b1f8661d828baafda1d2676f547443501c276b/_DSC3071.jpg" /> <img width="5336" height="3421" width_o="5336" height_o="3421" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/77c2d453a0ed04fa05a29d245c9f56f9ba9efe02993bf647c2d98f53100b9476/_DSC3075.jpg" data-mid="186758832" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/77c2d453a0ed04fa05a29d245c9f56f9ba9efe02993bf647c2d98f53100b9476/_DSC3075.jpg" /> <img width="5367" height="3509" width_o="5367" height_o="3509" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ea0f5c5268c46ae33fac2a8f1b5237efa7da1df00d1a670cd7bef906748a8eac/_DSC3079.jpg" data-mid="186758854" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ea0f5c5268c46ae33fac2a8f1b5237efa7da1df00d1a670cd7bef906748a8eac/_DSC3079.jpg" /> <img width="5506" height="3620" width_o="5506" height_o="3620" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26b6a899a7354f51a0a52c075c0a35b62dc4ffc79c5e58ee7a9eb62fd397e270/_DSC3081.jpg" data-mid="186759007" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/26b6a899a7354f51a0a52c075c0a35b62dc4ffc79c5e58ee7a9eb62fd397e270/_DSC3081.jpg" /> <img width="5568" height="3712" width_o="5568" height_o="3712" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0bb4d71705c41e5592dbde2974a638f8aae2dca94df5737111a9689ef54fef8b/_DSC3080.jpg" data-mid="186758962" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0bb4d71705c41e5592dbde2974a638f8aae2dca94df5737111a9689ef54fef8b/_DSC3080.jpg" /> <img width="5135" height="2987" width_o="5135" height_o="2987" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/53d1110c105bbc19c5bf2651bd2b714f892bbdc4f00b32b00eda10f2feefc330/_DSC3078.jpg" data-mid="186759101" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/53d1110c105bbc19c5bf2651bd2b714f892bbdc4f00b32b00eda10f2feefc330/_DSC3078.jpg" /> <img width="5058" height="3362" width_o="5058" height_o="3362" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/20232c0a04ecc75ba6b43985a23a1e32339ea5e55751b131a86163260eabf1e0/_DSC3067.jpg" data-mid="186759108" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/20232c0a04ecc75ba6b43985a23a1e32339ea5e55751b131a86163260eabf1e0/_DSC3067.jpg" /> <img width="5568" height="3712" width_o="5568" height_o="3712" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dc4437cf700871f9e2e0eae2f04781ae7d7134bd9adc30ffea51b897129bbd46/_DSC3087.jpg" data-mid="186759144" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dc4437cf700871f9e2e0eae2f04781ae7d7134bd9adc30ffea51b897129bbd46/_DSC3087.jpg" /> https://olga-antonova.com/Line-Continues Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:45:41 +0000 olga-antonova https://olga-antonova.com/Line-Continues Line Continues (graduation project)Desired Lines at ZHdK, Zurich, Switzerland 10.06.2022 – 24.06.2022drawings – fineliners on paper29.7x42 cm, objects –&nbsp;metal wire various sizer, sound <img width="5458" height="3585" width_o="5458" height_o="3585" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2aae894ac5ff6107cadb892abdaf0d69b88b2980dc6e5f3bec030e071348e30c/line2.jpg" data-mid="196496382" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2aae894ac5ff6107cadb892abdaf0d69b88b2980dc6e5f3bec030e071348e30c/line2.jpg" /> Hidden in plain sight, Olga Antonova’s wire sculptures continue her studies on paper. The fine line-drawings are also presented in the space in a column, a reference to the liberation found on higher ground. Lines that arc around a void foreground the emptiness experienced in both overpopulated and decimated environments. The theme explored here is an omnipresent loneliness, something easily identifiable, something that can be recorded and shared. text by Gianmaria Andreetta <img width="3712" height="5568" width_o="3712" height_o="5568" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33996d46a3fa57b510cf744141a35fba77a8d8b66d7704574ba2994f3b196018/1.jpg" data-mid="186678486" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/33996d46a3fa57b510cf744141a35fba77a8d8b66d7704574ba2994f3b196018/1.jpg" /> <img width="3712" height="5568" width_o="3712" height_o="5568" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9aa7e018ae792d828ff102ac769d275f059a1df10029e5d9f37603ab21ce226e/2.jpg" data-mid="186678487" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9aa7e018ae792d828ff102ac769d275f059a1df10029e5d9f37603ab21ce226e/2.jpg" /> <img width="3712" height="5568" width_o="3712" height_o="5568" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4220601b46f6f57a7336a998f522d6c2661f3b58413051a789fb7f596a59dbba/3.jpg" data-mid="186678488" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4220601b46f6f57a7336a998f522d6c2661f3b58413051a789fb7f596a59dbba/3.jpg" /> <img width="3630" height="5498" width_o="3630" height_o="5498" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/283ca1af404ee066934dd4f33cd2497fa8f7889af08f86f485e29a862ec67d4c/4.jpg" data-mid="186678489" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/283ca1af404ee066934dd4f33cd2497fa8f7889af08f86f485e29a862ec67d4c/4.jpg" /> <img width="4940" height="3516" width_o="4940" height_o="3516" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/44d5bf0571a10ad9641263f8d553e5eac97b00e32b22dd5dbfcca16f89f3f10a/5-1.jpg" data-mid="186680355" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/44d5bf0571a10ad9641263f8d553e5eac97b00e32b22dd5dbfcca16f89f3f10a/5-1.jpg" /> I wanted to create a space of emptiness, vacuum and uneasiness. Line Continues was my graduation project. It consists of objects, sound and drawings. The idea was to create spacial installation, that would not be fully obvious and visible from the first sight. I worked with the exhibition space that has been used as studios before. I integrated objects into the ceiling structure. The ceiling looks complicated and very dominant in the room. The objects were crawling there, in between the pipes and metal structures, hiding from the human eye. To achieve this camouflaging effect I chose materials, which were similar to the ceiling materials, metal and black wires. In between the objects the sound speaker with directed sound was installed. The sound wasthe series of texts, which I wrote during the first lockdown. I recorded them with my voice. Short pauses were made after each text. The sound played the role of a tool to attract public attention to the ceiling and create a more full perception of the space. But at first when you come to the spot (as map says) where my work is supposed to be, there is an empty space, nothing, until you hear the sound. The third element of my installation was my drawings. They were in the other part of the room. It was confusing and not clear if the drawings belonged to the same artist as the works on the ceiling or not. <img width="5407" height="3581" width_o="5407" height_o="3581" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b355b7df0c893fa2cb78931d279352c081c9f75ac2a19f19391a83db71b1fe5f/DSC_6154.JPG" data-mid="186682101" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b355b7df0c893fa2cb78931d279352c081c9f75ac2a19f19391a83db71b1fe5f/DSC_6154.JPG" /> <img width="5568" height="3712" width_o="5568" height_o="3712" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ffb0137bcfd9ce44fa77eeb66b410466b066b4046b1b664245a566e56191484b/DSC_6097.JPG" data-mid="186680888" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ffb0137bcfd9ce44fa77eeb66b410466b066b4046b1b664245a566e56191484b/DSC_6097.JPG" /> STORY OF LINE (as part of the graduation project LINE CONTINUES) sound2020 I started to write these stories during the first lockdown, when I didn’t have a lot of physical space to work, but my desire to continue doing graphics was there. So I just started to write down what I would’ve done on paper. The stories contain ambiguity, you can’t distinguish where the reality is being described metaphorically and where it is just a technical description of drawing being made. At the same time there is a sort of universality in these texts. Line retains its neutrality and anonymity. https://soundcloud.com/olga-antonova-art/story-of-line-audio-1 https://soundcloud.com/olga-antonova-art/story-of-line-audio-2 https://soundcloud.com/olga-antonova-art/story-of-line-audio-3 https://soundcloud.com/olga-antonova-art/story-of-line-audio-4 https://soundcloud.com/olga-antonova-art/story-of-line-audio-5 https://soundcloud.com/olga-antonova-art/story-of-line-audio-6 https://soundcloud.com/olga-antonova-art/story-of-line-audio-7 https://soundcloud.com/olga-antonova-art/story-of-line-audio-8 https://soundcloud.com/olga-antonova-art/story-of-line-audio-9 <img width="3712" height="5568" width_o="3712" height_o="5568" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b6ead9a964c6e64d19e0ff2091cdb457119fd117383eb25a04d81e5a89ccca86/DSC_6011.JPG" data-mid="186682916" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b6ead9a964c6e64d19e0ff2091cdb457119fd117383eb25a04d81e5a89ccca86/DSC_6011.JPG" /> <img width="5568" height="3712" width_o="5568" height_o="3712" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c09041ebd081792d606f786b312eb249f40054d188e2b744178afc537b4e450/DSC_6081.JPG" data-mid="186683160" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5c09041ebd081792d606f786b312eb249f40054d188e2b744178afc537b4e450/DSC_6081.JPG" /> <img width="4993" height="3456" width_o="4993" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dc9eff9c0b1bd970c52c415a2ca39d3fd4849216e909a3433b782e0a756ddc41/DSC_6057.JPG" data-mid="186681544" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dc9eff9c0b1bd970c52c415a2ca39d3fd4849216e909a3433b782e0a756ddc41/DSC_6057.JPG" /> <img width="5568" height="3712" width_o="5568" height_o="3712" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/25d3af48a36a66c14d622bf7f69cdf1a91cbbde021c7a3852ef0012a0d55285f/DSC_6077.JPG" data-mid="186683321" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/25d3af48a36a66c14d622bf7f69cdf1a91cbbde021c7a3852ef0012a0d55285f/DSC_6077.JPG" /> <img width="5568" height="3712" width_o="5568" height_o="3712" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b432e886dd2e17852731ea93220b528e057c29cc1e42ae46eccbc681dbec681b/DSC_6080.JPG" data-mid="186683329" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b432e886dd2e17852731ea93220b528e057c29cc1e42ae46eccbc681dbec681b/DSC_6080.JPG" /> <img width="5568" height="3712" width_o="5568" height_o="3712" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bff2898a03ca03bfd7dcc84d2f720c7907ff59161b52cd3c93911b43092610f8/DSC_6034.JPG" data-mid="186683455" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bff2898a03ca03bfd7dcc84d2f720c7907ff59161b52cd3c93911b43092610f8/DSC_6034.JPG" /> <img width="5414" height="3613" width_o="5414" height_o="3613" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d2d14853d02d12fb9b2f4bd4abb38f002a12f506f4d2ed1976907f488f3bd57/DSC_6096.JPG" data-mid="186683987" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1d2d14853d02d12fb9b2f4bd4abb38f002a12f506f4d2ed1976907f488f3bd57/DSC_6096.JPG" /> https://olga-antonova.com/Untitled-Forms-exhibition Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:45:42 +0000 olga-antonova https://olga-antonova.com/Untitled-Forms-exhibition Untitled Forms (exhibition) Shcherbenko Art Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine 15.10.2021 – 14.11.2021 objects – metal wire, spray paintvarious sizes, paintings – oil on canvas170 x 220 cm, drawings – charcoal, pencil, liners, ink on paper50 x 70 cm, sound <img width="6215" height="4143" width_o="6215" height_o="4143" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/318ced84ba4f41102083e93739184f0beb3a5e90115c9a2c497e5af1aa81c9c1/BELM7370-HDR.jpg" data-mid="186771347" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/318ced84ba4f41102083e93739184f0beb3a5e90115c9a2c497e5af1aa81c9c1/BELM7370-HDR.jpg" /> 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. <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c9908a0dd641495d2a428940c8be5fa21b2470f3db64b54a394f169447a4074/BELM7355.jpg" data-mid="186772296" border="0" data-scale="84" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3c9908a0dd641495d2a428940c8be5fa21b2470f3db64b54a394f169447a4074/BELM7355.jpg" /> <img width="6215" height="4143" width_o="6215" height_o="4143" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4e6d8e4784e223ea687538318b8ab7f1a44a8d582dfc1a777c2bbe2d80692bd5/BELM7375-HDR.jpg" data-mid="186772297" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4e6d8e4784e223ea687538318b8ab7f1a44a8d582dfc1a777c2bbe2d80692bd5/BELM7375-HDR.jpg" /> <img width="6215" height="4143" width_o="6215" height_o="4143" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a98a538d5b06712fbecad4869246dd8c94115301efc29ff9c21ca4e843835210/BELM7385-HDR.jpg" data-mid="186772298" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a98a538d5b06712fbecad4869246dd8c94115301efc29ff9c21ca4e843835210/BELM7385-HDR.jpg" /> https://olga-antonova.com/Untitled-Forms-series Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:45:42 +0000 olga-antonova https://olga-antonova.com/Untitled-Forms-series Untitled Forms (series) 2020 –2021paintings – oil on canvas170 x 220 cm,&nbsp;sound <img width="3206" height="4262" width_o="3206" height_o="4262" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/702d5144cdfb0f949ec8985d509c5daca5c026a4e5bbe5754eeaeeb65f84fcb2/1.jpg" data-mid="186776669" border="0" data-scale="84" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/702d5144cdfb0f949ec8985d509c5daca5c026a4e5bbe5754eeaeeb65f84fcb2/1.jpg" /> <img width="3206" height="4262" width_o="3206" height_o="4262" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0692662d1f84becdec843ea7e89d89b1cb928557a8af5055db3f1ead7edccbae/3.jpg" data-mid="186792416" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0692662d1f84becdec843ea7e89d89b1cb928557a8af5055db3f1ead7edccbae/3.jpg" /> <img width="3206" height="4262" width_o="3206" height_o="4262" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/01ce0b275a1fd800e83262b8b657cdafab8fdd3494efec537348e88ab63b0a1c/4.jpg" data-mid="186792417" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/01ce0b275a1fd800e83262b8b657cdafab8fdd3494efec537348e88ab63b0a1c/4.jpg" /> <img width="3206" height="4262" width_o="3206" height_o="4262" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2eda6d5e00fb7873d248a3992badc92f9057b5deb2435573c899920574d33d40/1.jpg" data-mid="186792410" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2eda6d5e00fb7873d248a3992badc92f9057b5deb2435573c899920574d33d40/1.jpg" /> <img width="3206" height="4262" width_o="3206" height_o="4262" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5ee6ffeffc9d840586c1c9e2816ca6f1022fa3b505a66898bc3431c00d45b424/2.jpg" data-mid="186792414" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5ee6ffeffc9d840586c1c9e2816ca6f1022fa3b505a66898bc3431c00d45b424/2.jpg" /> <img width="3206" height="4262" width_o="3206" height_o="4262" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/739470650cd906615ac19fdedf81f21a8902bba48e885bb93062d6a4c52122ac/3.jpg" data-mid="186783576" border="0" data-scale="84" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/739470650cd906615ac19fdedf81f21a8902bba48e885bb93062d6a4c52122ac/3.jpg" /> <img width="3206" height="4262" width_o="3206" height_o="4262" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/02759b159d8f4e00465419d44728ef75b4df8685f0d9226c7dee977070f61dac/6.jpg" data-mid="186793354" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/02759b159d8f4e00465419d44728ef75b4df8685f0d9226c7dee977070f61dac/6.jpg" /> <img width="3206" height="4262" width_o="3206" height_o="4262" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e28ad076446f16bb419f99a52ef589b17e30018dc68bc4d3eb2d80bbd645a5e8/5.jpg" data-mid="186793477" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e28ad076446f16bb419f99a52ef589b17e30018dc68bc4d3eb2d80bbd645a5e8/5.jpg" /> In Olga Antonova’s paintings, there is something uncanny going on. She paints lines convoluting into each other again and again, culminating in an imposing buildup of a faceless mass that pushes against the very border of the canvas. In the end, it’s about the individual lines that don’t know where they came from or where they are going. It’s a hidden history of individualism in a clusterfuck of high collective tensions. These lines want so desperately to break free. But listen yourself. text by Tobias Bärtsch <img width="3206" height="4262" width_o="3206" height_o="4262" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa0d2544793327e2b1e86b660be8991d6464eff0e04ece89646f41f5fc523791/2.jpg" data-mid="186783574" border="0" data-scale="84" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aa0d2544793327e2b1e86b660be8991d6464eff0e04ece89646f41f5fc523791/2.jpg" /> <img width="3206" height="4262" width_o="3206" height_o="4262" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d093621f68d6419c327c012196a4304ba87e068d5c5011c011e992216e53f97/8.jpg" data-mid="186794188" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7d093621f68d6419c327c012196a4304ba87e068d5c5011c011e992216e53f97/8.jpg" /> <img width="3206" height="4262" width_o="3206" height_o="4262" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cacb24c9c8a4b4123ddc7b72603ffb162540df7bdfa0f6580f902e7eb25a9efb/7.jpg" data-mid="186794180" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cacb24c9c8a4b4123ddc7b72603ffb162540df7bdfa0f6580f902e7eb25a9efb/7.jpg" /> <img width="6720" height="4047" width_o="6720" height_o="4047" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a04fd01233ba6071c07cbf254593a82f9f1b5fa3895803abb766dbdac03c2958/1R0A3726-cutted.jpg" data-mid="186790240" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a04fd01233ba6071c07cbf254593a82f9f1b5fa3895803abb766dbdac03c2958/1R0A3726-cutted.jpg" /> <img width="6720" height="4047" width_o="6720" height_o="4047" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/775da5b674b8e05468a586a206f17ade25857fcfd7ce7bbd0a9c0f8351fdbe9b/9.jpg" data-mid="186795303" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/775da5b674b8e05468a586a206f17ade25857fcfd7ce7bbd0a9c0f8351fdbe9b/9.jpg" /> https://soundcloud.com/olga-antonova-art/audio-1 https://soundcloud.com/olga-antonova-art/audio-2 https://soundcloud.com/olga-antonova-art/audio-3 https://soundcloud.com/olga-antonova-art/audio-4 https://soundcloud.com/olga-antonova-art/audio-5 https://soundcloud.com/olga-antonova-art/audio-6 <img width="3206" height="4262" width_o="3206" height_o="4262" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b5145c08d13ddaa495cb558e9764d37f30ad3955f554ed38fb1cf7cc1d8cf31/4-gone.jpg" data-mid="186783579" border="0" data-scale="84" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5b5145c08d13ddaa495cb558e9764d37f30ad3955f554ed38fb1cf7cc1d8cf31/4-gone.jpg" /> <img width="3206" height="4262" width_o="3206" height_o="4262" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35c398051a15aff8bd548bd6c352921902553e102ccf752593a02ccf1d116aa9/11.jpg" data-mid="186795602" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/35c398051a15aff8bd548bd6c352921902553e102ccf752593a02ccf1d116aa9/11.jpg" /> <img width="3206" height="4262" width_o="3206" height_o="4262" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d1ffa8cf8fc1397377e1bd1a8c8a4620dacef049677f6a18e917a227097ddec/10.jpg" data-mid="186795601" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7d1ffa8cf8fc1397377e1bd1a8c8a4620dacef049677f6a18e917a227097ddec/10.jpg" /> <img width="3990" height="3024" width_o="3990" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/54856fc3a908600a7d58976dd803004bac5f16cc4e50d77985903141903075b5/42DB9DD0-C076-4228-94AA-9DA6CB4E34F6.jpg" data-mid="186797727" border="0" data-scale="84" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/54856fc3a908600a7d58976dd803004bac5f16cc4e50d77985903141903075b5/42DB9DD0-C076-4228-94AA-9DA6CB4E34F6.jpg" /> Last words from the periphery II Attheoff.space, Zurich, Switzerland <img width="3206" height="4262" width_o="3206" height_o="4262" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7609d3d76ba21c42b862d9440e04a6e5796130311342cab4e673de690fd8583a/12.jpg" data-mid="186798572" border="0" data-scale="84" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7609d3d76ba21c42b862d9440e04a6e5796130311342cab4e673de690fd8583a/12.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="3954" width_o="3024" height_o="3954" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c2ccaebde2f17ccf73726da9193652bb959971cfb515a173e9b2e3ad0ca022ac/6-1.jpg" data-mid="196501166" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c2ccaebde2f17ccf73726da9193652bb959971cfb515a173e9b2e3ad0ca022ac/6-1.jpg" /> <img width="3206" height="4262" width_o="3206" height_o="4262" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ce0eb4fca5db738b4b08623e9a27b2217ef643cf716c7702cc1830ab2e1b96d2/13.jpg" data-mid="186798570" border="0" data-scale="84" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ce0eb4fca5db738b4b08623e9a27b2217ef643cf716c7702cc1830ab2e1b96d2/13.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7716a99295fcf150ce416f1807bd798becda3deef09255d30d3102d66100b6b7/IMG_6837.jpg" data-mid="186799960" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7716a99295fcf150ce416f1807bd798becda3deef09255d30d3102d66100b6b7/IMG_6837.jpg" /> <img width="5568" height="3712" width_o="5568" height_o="3712" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8eaed12ac1164bf05f8e8f58f7f48979679a350bce0bf468e9f883831a465f1f/_DSC2139-1.JPG" data-mid="186799139" border="0" data-scale="84" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8eaed12ac1164bf05f8e8f58f7f48979679a350bce0bf468e9f883831a465f1f/_DSC2139-1.JPG" /> The library of Alexandria. The fall of the USSR. A window to the future. And other stories. Rindermarkt, Zurich, Switzerland https://olga-antonova.com/Outside-of-Paper Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:45:43 +0000 olga-antonova https://olga-antonova.com/Outside-of-Paper Outside of Paper 2021 – ongoing objects – metal wire, black paint&nbsp;various sizer, <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fc046b4fe38fb248c1ec3de9d94c88a9dc59e1b5893eef3559ef6a82aed2665d/BELM7356.jpg" data-mid="187351614" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fc046b4fe38fb248c1ec3de9d94c88a9dc59e1b5893eef3559ef6a82aed2665d/BELM7356.jpg" /> Shcherbenko Art Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine 2021 metal wire, black paint 140 x 60 x 30 cm <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f44d2f867748687108169d54490a6006dceb0b060f89cc7ee8d7caf2a9929ae/BELM7391.jpg" data-mid="187354883" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1f44d2f867748687108169d54490a6006dceb0b060f89cc7ee8d7caf2a9929ae/BELM7391.jpg" /> 50 x 40 x 5 cm 140 x 60 x 30 cm 190 x 110 x 30 cm This time form escapes the paper. But line still goes in circles. It goes in circles many times. It doesn’t understand at first, that it goes in circles. But line does not know which other way to go. Line does not see clearly right now. Line is lost. But line likes to be outside of paper. <img width="4160" height="6240" width_o="4160" height_o="6240" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d7175a91fa18a78ddd58c69a94d67a73cf324c866b716ebafac72b6391bc035/BELM7365.jpg" data-mid="187406900" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9d7175a91fa18a78ddd58c69a94d67a73cf324c866b716ebafac72b6391bc035/BELM7365.jpg" /> 140 x 60 x 30 cm <img width="4160" height="6240" width_o="4160" height_o="6240" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/569657e5f52d4762df0111703f7da555431039fbd3363b24d2aa9a9c9a0c9153/BELM7363.jpg" data-mid="187353307" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/569657e5f52d4762df0111703f7da555431039fbd3363b24d2aa9a9c9a0c9153/BELM7363.jpg" /> 190 x 110 x 30 cm <img width="4160" height="6240" width_o="4160" height_o="6240" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f348da114f32685a9cae1ba6fff5acab7d5b11bed6f3701f7544dd4a10694fc/BELM7358.jpg" data-mid="187407365" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3f348da114f32685a9cae1ba6fff5acab7d5b11bed6f3701f7544dd4a10694fc/BELM7358.jpg" /> various dimentions <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/719cb467bdf78ad6b840d1c45d90d3cc5aa0d93ff403a1fcf3ddc8fc862a4a4a/BELM7400.jpg" data-mid="187407446" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/719cb467bdf78ad6b840d1c45d90d3cc5aa0d93ff403a1fcf3ddc8fc862a4a4a/BELM7400.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bcff3bc245e663b1e087431175ba493502479467fec58c2e4f5650be6c5fc2ed/IMG_4616-2.jpg" data-mid="187407916" border="0" data-scale="84" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bcff3bc245e663b1e087431175ba493502479467fec58c2e4f5650be6c5fc2ed/IMG_4616-2.jpg" /> Sommerprojekt at Go Green gallery, Erlenbach/Zurich, Switzerland 2021 metal wire, black paint, headphones 250x30 cm https://soundcloud.com/olga-antonova-art/pencil-sound <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0a47f45acfb333059ead663d3a50fffcd3946163f55d7edc23f05bd3c40803c4/IMG_5524-dark.jpg" data-mid="187408929" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0a47f45acfb333059ead663d3a50fffcd3946163f55d7edc23f05bd3c40803c4/IMG_5524-dark.jpg" /> https://olga-antonova.com/Limited-Space-of-Paper Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:45:43 +0000 olga-antonova https://olga-antonova.com/Limited-Space-of-Paper Limited Space of Paper2019 – 2020drawings – charcoal, pencil, liners, ink on papervarious sizes, sound https://soundcloud.com/olga-antonova-art/limited-space-of-paper <img width="6521" height="3848" width_o="6521" height_o="3848" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b7be08cca8a15d9ad42f9efcdbf76e8f070e53b4829850364536de8048568ead/4-5-6copy.jpg" data-mid="187471680" border="0" data-scale="84" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b7be08cca8a15d9ad42f9efcdbf76e8f070e53b4829850364536de8048568ead/4-5-6copy.jpg" /> <img width="3766" height="5284" width_o="3766" height_o="5284" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/485972e158a180fdc5fa6fa815268c7977bfe305505195a5587d3007e0a5481c/6copy-sold.jpg" data-mid="187473302" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/485972e158a180fdc5fa6fa815268c7977bfe305505195a5587d3007e0a5481c/6copy-sold.jpg" /> <img width="3766" height="5284" width_o="3766" height_o="5284" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/575cbe32a43edf517be955aae73e59d893a13400fa80664badd63c06fc18b901/4copy.jpg" data-mid="187473304" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/575cbe32a43edf517be955aae73e59d893a13400fa80664badd63c06fc18b901/4copy.jpg" /> <img width="3766" height="5284" width_o="3766" height_o="5284" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9552669c92ed47a9994cd0a1ccf473f4799c5215351f1cef70e6f6f2d88d4029/5copy.jpg" data-mid="187473303" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9552669c92ed47a9994cd0a1ccf473f4799c5215351f1cef70e6f6f2d88d4029/5copy.jpg" /> <img width="1047" height="1571" width_o="1047" height_o="1571" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb8afe38b8ad4e7c3d5f1ed3d39794f97f980ec5519bf46a9ec30e93617eabec/Untitled-1.jpg" data-mid="188092417" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb8afe38b8ad4e7c3d5f1ed3d39794f97f980ec5519bf46a9ec30e93617eabec/Untitled-1.jpg" /> charcoal, pencil, liners, ink on paper 50 x 70 cm I start to work on paper. First, on small paper, making lot of sketches. I don’t focus on composition or form that much. I just make gestures with my hand and explore black and grey, forms and lines, and space of small and limited piece of paper. When I feel that I need to go “deeper” and focus more on the details, I take a bigger format of paper. I start with very light charcoal form and some lines, then I add black forms. At this point I have composition of an object or form, that holds together. And I start to add elements, lines and flat surfaces, usually I just follow the line and see where it takes me. At that moment I like to be really close to my drawing and all small details of it. At some point my object starts to fall apart. Then I go further and see it from far away to decide how “balanced” it is. Though I don’t use balance or composition, those two words, to make a “perfect” or really stable composition on paper. Usually the objects are seem to be hanging uncomfortably from one side of the paper. So they are not just laying flat on paper, but rather trying to get out of paper. Or they just came into the paper from some other place, they are visiting this limited space of paper and in few minutes they will be gone. My graphics are like this closed bubble, or maybe system or a small world, where those forms live. I try to put ephemeral into some form. This world may be similar to ours, or has some connections with our world, but I want it to be different. I want to invite people in it. I want them to be immersed in the life of lines, in different shades of black color, in movement of forms on paper, and in creation of objects, in the life of these objects. Do they call or provoke any emotions in you? Some may irritate you or on contrary calm you down. Some lines are too persistent, sometimes they go out of paper unexpectedly. And then they are coming back, so why can't they just stay with us and comfort our eyes? We follow another line with our eyes and it faces an obstacle, a big black surface and dissolves in it, it doesn’t want to go further. When you turn your head and look in the window, do you see the continuation of this line in the tree or in the building? Do you see a continuation of yourself there? How do we know where one form ends and other begins? How do we know where our body ends and nature begins? If you touch paper with pencil, can you transform it? Can this line transform the black surface, is it strong enough? And why do we need this transformation to happen? charcoal, pencil, liners, ink on paper 50 x 70 cm <img width="3766" height="5284" width_o="3766" height_o="5284" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2bdd60a268142683cedfa5dafd566d2cf0538afe895527ba626e3bf65039f355/8copy.jpg" data-mid="187474027" border="0" data-scale="84" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2bdd60a268142683cedfa5dafd566d2cf0538afe895527ba626e3bf65039f355/8copy.jpg" /> <img width="4480" height="6720" width_o="4480" height_o="6720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f200d050d34912919409e46ed5f02d95f013b2a20f63da2f52ea5b929ca36767/1R0A3484copy.jpg" data-mid="188092490" border="0" data-scale="84" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f200d050d34912919409e46ed5f02d95f013b2a20f63da2f52ea5b929ca36767/1R0A3484copy.jpg" /> <img width="3766" height="5284" width_o="3766" height_o="5284" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ef899769dfd98883f3f776fe4958c01cf4f844e7d60e4829481924d6967665e/10copy.jpg" data-mid="188087131" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2ef899769dfd98883f3f776fe4958c01cf4f844e7d60e4829481924d6967665e/10copy.jpg" /> <img width="3766" height="5284" width_o="3766" height_o="5284" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eb27f2bf819d10496f8a7e847299e7c9ef6e0efb4528fc6e20324105938f5a5c/7copy.jpg" data-mid="188087661" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eb27f2bf819d10496f8a7e847299e7c9ef6e0efb4528fc6e20324105938f5a5c/7copy.jpg" /> charcoal, pencil, liners, ink on paper50 x 70 cm <img width="3766" height="5284" width_o="3766" height_o="5284" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b9ade25f27d7ba0ed3abd30183e9b959ded3fda3347cfcd394d73e6e18c97d1c/3copy-copy.jpg" data-mid="188090118" border="0" data-scale="84" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a89df534de12584468dc7281759bd62a541f3aeffa9f15af35560c36016eece9/1-copy-copy.jpg" data-mid="188090236" border="0" data-scale="84" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a89df534de12584468dc7281759bd62a541f3aeffa9f15af35560c36016eece9/1-copy-copy.jpg" /> <img width="6215" height="4143" width_o="6215" height_o="4143" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f5a4b314fefbbb9c88475e7e56411d292add3f2fc9685b0791e772ed53c9c78a/BELM7392-HDR.jpg" data-mid="188094049" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f5a4b314fefbbb9c88475e7e56411d292add3f2fc9685b0791e772ed53c9c78a/BELM7392-HDR.jpg" /> Shcherbenko Art Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine 2021charcoal, pencil, liners, ink on paper 50 x 70 cm <img width="6255" height="4231" width_o="6255" height_o="4231" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/467feeebe6550b56c59cab3b582fe576e80c2d951e80f4db7ca63e1b2a7be7f3/1R0A3599copy.jpg" data-mid="188095252" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/467feeebe6550b56c59cab3b582fe576e80c2d951e80f4db7ca63e1b2a7be7f3/1R0A3599copy.jpg" /> charcoal, pencil, liners, ink on paper130 x 170 cm <img width="3764" height="4909" width_o="3764" height_o="4909" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d024117e2b84fed55223965d5836affc3169ecce565c287a68b6cccd0f383058/1R0A3550copy.jpg" data-mid="188094128" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d024117e2b84fed55223965d5836affc3169ecce565c287a68b6cccd0f383058/1R0A3550copy.jpg" /> <img width="3764" height="4909" width_o="3764" height_o="4909" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/321c9ca1f42b93d4ef19bb58962b34285645353f0d95597a4011e04712b23bd7/1R0A3593copy.jpg" data-mid="188094129" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/321c9ca1f42b93d4ef19bb58962b34285645353f0d95597a4011e04712b23bd7/1R0A3593copy.jpg" /> <img width="3764" height="4909" width_o="3764" height_o="4909" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/468ca1eaf5d8c5662306012bfd12469be39f35a7fd24fe1520ca1d6099fd2482/1R0A3580copy.jpg" data-mid="188094131" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/468ca1eaf5d8c5662306012bfd12469be39f35a7fd24fe1520ca1d6099fd2482/1R0A3580copy.jpg" /> <img width="3978" height="2962" width_o="3978" height_o="2962" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/50aaaa04d5e98642d65cc6e0020f31225814dce477d364f5d7fb6f1045bc1737/gogreengallary.jpg" data-mid="188095600" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/50aaaa04d5e98642d65cc6e0020f31225814dce477d364f5d7fb6f1045bc1737/gogreengallary.jpg" /> Go Green gallery, Erlenbach/Zurich, Switzerland 2021 charcoal, pencil, liners, ink on paper50 x 70 cm 130 x 170 cm https://olga-antonova.com/Fragile-Forms Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:45:44 +0000 olga-antonova https://olga-antonova.com/Fragile-Forms Fragile Forms2020drawings – pencils on paper29.7x42 cm <img width="3508" height="4961" width_o="3508" height_o="4961" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f651142be2521791fb2011598bf537b80c2793012ba5fa7ed8a9148582dea712/11---yaw.jpg" data-mid="188350150" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f651142be2521791fb2011598bf537b80c2793012ba5fa7ed8a9148582dea712/11---yaw.jpg" /> <img width="3508" height="4961" width_o="3508" height_o="4961" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a54d125ec9df88142acfca8b992984414a1796924bc6002ee8d6b6306267f560/10-sold-also-posted-on-yaw.jpg" data-mid="188350149" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a54d125ec9df88142acfca8b992984414a1796924bc6002ee8d6b6306267f560/10-sold-also-posted-on-yaw.jpg" /> The forms are fragile, the forms are uncertain, lines go in circles, lines hold forms together. Some lines are very light, some are very strong. Sometimes the form is transparent, sometimes it bends. Most of the time the form is uncertain even about its position on the paper. It understands that the paper is very small, it feels the edges of the paper, it feels the limits of the paper. But at the moment the form feels comfortable there, it feels light and there is surprisingly enough space for the form to fly. It was the first lockdown. At that moment all my life, all my activities shrunk to one room. And my drawings shrunk to small pieces of paper and a limited amount of tools (only four or five pencils). Paper is a very fragile material, as well as pencils. If I push a bit harder, it breaks, if I push not hard enough, the line is not strong enough. It was not about balancing, but rather about uncertainty and instability, everything around us changed so quickly, and I could not understand at that moment my feelings, situation or what was going to happen next. I used fragile materials very unconsciously at first, I just felt that reducing the number of materials that I used was very appropriate at the moment. Only later, maybe during summer I realised the reason why I did so. <img width="3508" height="4961" width_o="3508" height_o="4961" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c4aaf0d8583f382ca481999408600c3e249d89fd6948ef5f217e21426158e86a/3.jpg" data-mid="188350136" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c4aaf0d8583f382ca481999408600c3e249d89fd6948ef5f217e21426158e86a/3.jpg" /> <img width="3508" height="4961" width_o="3508" height_o="4961" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/14641348d9d67a21dc21b70e32cce9b6a6a7bc70ae11ad86b58a622c814f78f2/5.jpg" data-mid="188350137" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/14641348d9d67a21dc21b70e32cce9b6a6a7bc70ae11ad86b58a622c814f78f2/5.jpg" /> <img width="3508" height="4961" width_o="3508" height_o="4961" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/48d32ae9b6caeb0a8c35c678f34967382fbb0f49e05718a4a49faa703d6035da/6---sold-charity-auction-for-Ukraine.jpg" data-mid="188350138" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/48d32ae9b6caeb0a8c35c678f34967382fbb0f49e05718a4a49faa703d6035da/6---sold-charity-auction-for-Ukraine.jpg" /> <img width="3508" height="4961" width_o="3508" height_o="4961" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/88fa09f574d5ca7fd6217a2b357379b297158be4b0dfdebfd09ed7d0f2248c73/7.jpg" data-mid="188350141" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/88fa09f574d5ca7fd6217a2b357379b297158be4b0dfdebfd09ed7d0f2248c73/7.jpg" /> <img width="3508" height="4961" width_o="3508" height_o="4961" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e70133176e0d06bfcc30e7b42dc7d28d1156b77cc23c9d9e1603f21dfd14d774/2.jpg" data-mid="188350140" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e70133176e0d06bfcc30e7b42dc7d28d1156b77cc23c9d9e1603f21dfd14d774/2.jpg" /> <img width="3508" height="4961" width_o="3508" height_o="4961" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7229926a81fe6fd170119f05fc63f0e28b27cf0800f972b9a25ce18a92566c90/8-sold.jpg" data-mid="188350144" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7229926a81fe6fd170119f05fc63f0e28b27cf0800f972b9a25ce18a92566c90/8-sold.jpg" /> <img width="3508" height="4961" width_o="3508" height_o="4961" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/268697f8097562ef78ed15c7447a8c4b6cd6dd0e95144b08502ae2c741303cad/4---yaw.jpg" data-mid="188350143" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/268697f8097562ef78ed15c7447a8c4b6cd6dd0e95144b08502ae2c741303cad/4---yaw.jpg" /> <img width="3508" height="4961" width_o="3508" height_o="4961" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/03829d338921d91c591050f31f7dc54cbb75982614f01d7c4489dde1fc5f7f42/9.jpg" data-mid="188350145" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/03829d338921d91c591050f31f7dc54cbb75982614f01d7c4489dde1fc5f7f42/9.jpg" /> <img width="3508" height="4961" width_o="3508" height_o="4961" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e93e6de4e13ea789a2ef57a44438e3f5de295b415ef619d7978e8f6b48f39d77/1-sold.jpg" data-mid="188350142" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e93e6de4e13ea789a2ef57a44438e3f5de295b415ef619d7978e8f6b48f39d77/1-sold.jpg" /> <img width="2932" height="3758" width_o="2932" height_o="3758" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8231ece3af3c608a939568f5c541e53ce1b0810b07b9898252c8d7ac9d572864/IMG_2894.jpg" data-mid="188350139" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8231ece3af3c608a939568f5c541e53ce1b0810b07b9898252c8d7ac9d572864/IMG_2894.jpg" />