Olga Balema
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The image depicts a collection of smooth, natural stones of varying shapes and sizes. The predominant colors are earthy tones of beige and gray, with a matte, textured surface that suggests they are river or beach stones. The overall composition has an organic, minimalist feel, with the stones arranged in a simple, unstructured manner. The inclusion of white headphone cables snaking through and around the stones adds an unexpected, almost whimsical element, contrasting the natural, untouched quality of the stones. The artwork appears to explore the intersection of nature and technology, inviting the viewer to consider the relationship between the natural and the man-made. The artist's intention may be to prompt reflection on themes of connectivity, impermanence, and the blending of the organic and digital realms. ...
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Olga Balema
B.1984, Ukrainian/BritishOlga Balema’s artworks are an investigation of form. They are characterised by a tense relationship and contrasts in materiality, often comprising a hard framework with soft, fragile innards. Balema frequently employs latex which, especially in Bread for Life (2016), is held taut and barbed by jagged steel rods, or perhaps armatures, recalling Eva Hesse’s postminimalist practice and the slow sagging of the material over time. The notion of tension – perhaps most commonly, representations of the contrast between the hard bones of a human skeleton and the flesh that furnishes it – are further echoed in the rubber bands and shoelaces plotting a geometry across the gallery floor in brain damage (2019), the teetering globules of latex, moulded to look like breasts, protruding from the globe in 2016’s Globe, tacked on unsteadily, and the soft PVC sacks filled with steel rods and water, ready to burst, in Threat to Civilization 2 (2015). ...
Olga Balema: Artworks
Hannah Hoffman Gallery
Los AngelesHannah Hoffman, Los Angeles opened in May 2013. The gallery maintains a program of international contemporary artists alongside historical exhibitions with a particular focus on feminist and conceptual practices.