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By Olga Bezhina
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Overview
2012
Oil Paint, oil on canvas
Unique Work
Dimensions: 180cm (H) x 360cm (W) x 2cm (D) / 70.9" (H) x 141.7" (W) x 0.8" (D)
Note: Actual colours may vary due to photography & computer settings
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About the art
Artist statement
The project was based on the first impression, when I first visited the racecourse in my city, I felt a future topic for myself. Immediately breathtaking power of horses, rushing to the finish line, captures the spirit. In my work I recorded the first spurt, gust, pre-start state. It's important for me to convey the pause, the tension, the energy action, the emergence from the shadow, to reflect the run of time in space. The surface of the canvas resembles a mosaic. Smears are related to each other, but they are separate, from them a rough, homogeneous canvas structure is created. When the side light, the edges of strokes light up, a complex surface is obtained, the color is poured.
canvas on a stretcher, 360х180 cm (consists of two canvases 180х180 cm)
Artist profile
Olga Bezhina
Born: 1981
Hometown: Krasnodar
Based in: Krasnodar
« I translate the nature that surrounds me into volumetric structures. »
Olga Bezhina is a prizewinning Russian painter. She frequently works 'en plein air,' rethinking natural colors and capturing the optical effect of light and wind flowing. For her, the open air acts as a creative laboratory, where the search …
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