To Dream Regardless of Everything
Acrylic & Mixed Media on Board
20" x 14"

To Dream Regardless of Everything

Acrylic & Mixed Media on Board
20" x 14"

Vertigo
Acrylic & Mixed Media on Board
14" x 20"

Vertigo

Acrylic & Mixed Media on Board
14" x 20"

Butterflys in Grass
Acrylic on Canvas Board
20" x 14"

Butterflys in Grass

Acrylic on Canvas Board
20" x 14"

Orchids
Acrylic & Mixed Media on Board
27.5" x 20"

Orchids

Acrylic & Mixed Media on Board
27.5" x 20"

Dariya Afanaseva

Altered States of Reality
February 29 - March 20, 2008

Reception: Thursday March 6, 2008 6-8 PM

Press Release

What appear to be breaks of color in Dariya Afanaseva’s paintings cultivate curiosity in the works. In some instances, these lapses in color are quite fascinatingly deliberate sections in which the artist purposefully does not add a layer of paint over the foundation of mixed media. These non-painted surfaces take unique shapes like ovals or butterflies. In other instances, the lack of color is actually a switch to a contrasting color. Rusty orange and sea-foam stripes interrupt gregarious planks of black, or violet and sea foam seem to be scraped at until precarious white lines emerge. It’s likely, however, the artist added these colors rather than subtracted other colors from the canvas. Layers therefore become pertinent to Afanaseva’s methodology and style.

Although shapes do unfold, most of her works are expressionistic. The plant and animal life discovered within Dariya Afanaseva’s paintings, though figurative, are more symbolic of growth, change, and beauty. Other works are more ambiguous in their significance, and thus it is color and brushstroke that indicate their mood

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Artists in this exhibition

Greg Frumen | Dariya Afanaseva | SHALANG | John Lynch | Piero Manrique