Painter Lana Lisitsa creates figural works that attempt to show the emotional connections between the subject and ideas. Recently, her work has focused on the boundaries between the real and imaginary. In order to illustrate this, she utilizes distorted figures and exaggerated color schemes. According to her artist statement, she distorts her imagery because the further away from reality a person or object is, the more meaningful and emotionally charged it becomes.
What I like most about Lisitsa's work is the emotional presence. In each of her pieces there is a clear articulate sense of a particular feeling or emotion. Be it anger, disgust, or sadness, each work evokes a calculated emotional effect. True to her artist statement's claims, the distortion of her figures adds to that sense exponentially. Similarly, the broad brush strokes make the composition appear vague and suggestive, leaving more of the meaning to the viewer to make up. Overall, her work expresses emotion so well that the effect is almost overwhelming.
More of her work may be found here.
What I like most about Lisitsa's work is the emotional presence. In each of her pieces there is a clear articulate sense of a particular feeling or emotion. Be it anger, disgust, or sadness, each work evokes a calculated emotional effect. True to her artist statement's claims, the distortion of her figures adds to that sense exponentially. Similarly, the broad brush strokes make the composition appear vague and suggestive, leaving more of the meaning to the viewer to make up. Overall, her work expresses emotion so well that the effect is almost overwhelming.More of her work may be found here.
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