A solo exhibition of Anna Nova Gallery artist Anna Andrzhievskaya 'Heavenly Wasteland' opened at Triumph Gallery in Moscow!
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Anna’s new project addresses the theme of direct encounter with oneself, face to face and with no hint of any self-deception or false illusions. Each character in these works is experiencing a catharsis brought on by a crisis of self-identity. This is undoubtedly painful since the reality can and is most likely to be far different from the comfortable identity imagined by our mind. It serves as a lifebuoy, or, according to the artist ‘this is like waking up at the wheel just before you careened off the road or collided with oncoming traffic’.
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Anna allows the viewer to experience their own personal catharsis but with some anaesthesia, with some fruit soda instead of a bitter pill, with a cute kids’ band-aid to cover deep gaping wounds on the heart with.
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Curators of the exhibition are Polina Mogilina and Anastasia Lebedeva.
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The exhibition is on view till August 29th.
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Photo courtesy of Triumph Gallery.
August 6, 2021
