Olga Balema
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This vibrant abstract canvas painting showcases a kaleidoscope of colors and organic forms. The bold, gestural brushstrokes blend shades of green, red, and pink, creating a dynamic, almost primal composition. The textured surface and irregular shapes suggest a sense of spontaneity and experimentation, hinting at the artist's expressive and intuitive approach. Though the specific subject matter remains ambiguous, the work evokes a sense of raw, primal energy, inviting the viewer to engage with the materiality and expressive potential of the medium. The artist's intention may have been to explore the emotive power of color and form, reflecting a contemporary, abstract approach to painting. ...
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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.