This vibrant contemporary artwork features a bold, minimalist depiction of a stylized figure against a warm, fiery color palette. The central image, rendered in white lines and shapes, appears to be a simplified, almost abstract representation of a human figure, perhaps a female form. The use of strong, contrasting colors, particularly the deep orange and red hues that frame the central figure, create a striking visual impact and a sense of energy and dynamism. The overall composition is clean and balanced, showcasing the artist's skill in distilling the human form into a striking symbolic representation. The artwork likely reflects the artist's intention to explore themes of the human figure, while utilizing a distinctive, contemporary visual style. ...
Dorota Jurczak’s practice is a dark and whimsical space of creatures and humans existing across painting, sculpture and etching. Inspired by Eastern European iconography, folklore, mythology and modernist artists, such as Alfred Kubin and Denton Welch, Jurczak creates fragmented narratives outside the normative parameters of Western logic. A passionate reader, the Polish artist inscribes literary motives and references in her works, forming riddles of magic, fantasy and escapism. The bright and uniform colours of her paintings stand next to swirly black and white drawings of her etching next to the sophisticated simplicity of her sculptures. The versatility of Jurczak’s works inhabits an unexplainable reality of superstition, moods and fables, unique in its expression. ...
Corvi-Mora is a contemporary art gallery based in Kennington, South London. The gallery currently represents over 30 artists, including Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Alvaro Barrington, Jennifer Packer, Brian Calvin, Tomoaki Suzuki and established international artists such as Turner Prize nominees Roger Hiorns and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Corvi-Mora was founded by Tommaso Corvi-Mora in 2000 at premises in London's Warren Street after the closure of the gallery Robert Prime which he founded in partnership with Gregorio Magnani in 1995. Corvi-Mora moved to a space on Kempsford Road in 2004 with the contemporary art gallery greengrassi. Notable exhibitions include Sorrow for A Cipher by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye in 2016, Roger Hiorns in 2004 and 2015, The Commune Itself Becomes a Super State by Liam Gillick in 2007, Rachel Feinstein in 2007, and Richard Hawkins in 2009. ...
