Hide and Seek (11.09-27.09)
'Hide and Seek' is a duo exhibition of two artists — Yuliya Latysheva and Anastasia Ivanova — an intermedia dialogue between abstract painting and photography. In the diptychs on show, what is born on the canvas as free gesture and color takes flesh in the photograph — in the texture of stone, root, crack. Each pair is linked by a hidden sign — an "emoji" the viewer looks for both in the painting and in nature; the passive observer becomes an explorer, and the boundary between abstraction and reality dissolves.
The project grew out of the lockdowns of 2020–2021, when on-screen communication replaced live contact and the emoji became a universal language of closeness at a distance: 'Hide and Seek' asks what happens to meaning when it detaches from the body and dissolves into a stream of signs.
Viewer Reviews
"A great combination of photography and painting. The exhibition is wonderful! It makes you think and it is not for nothing that one of the paintings is called 'The Birth of Thought'."
"Very interesting and unusual works, each of which has its own meanings."
"Color and shape are enchanting with their lines and transitions. Abstract-logical completeness of paintings with its own subtle meaning."
"Very interesting exhibition. Awesome sense of color!"
"Creatively, unusual, brightly, mentally ... About inside us, who we are and what we are. What we think about, but do not talk about. What we feel ... Very cool!"
"A magical exhibition of magical artists!"
"Incredibly beautiful and unusual exhibition, great inspiration and cool people! Thanks to the artists!"
"My daughter really enjoyed looking for emoticons. Cool interactivity and gorgeous work. I would take something home for myself."