Pieces from a New York dance floor
Alina Grabovsky
16 Jan - 27 Feb 2025
For the exhibition Fragment From a Dance Floor - Silent Choreography at the Barvinskyi Gallery, Alina Grabovsky presents a series of works that vary in form and content yet are unified by a distinctive thread running through her entire oeuvre. These paintings capture moments of transition, unstable states, and precarious identities, inviting the viewer into a process of contemplation and interpretation.
The boundary between abstraction and figuration is intentionally elusive. Time and again, one might glimpse the suggestion of a body, a fragment of interaction, or a fleeting pose—but the figures remain deliberately vague, their presence hinted at rather than defined. This ambiguity extends to the spatial compositions, where multiple, often conflicting, spatial concepts coexist within a single canvas.
These works resist straightforward interpretation, instead offering an open-ended experience that encourages personal and imaginative (re)interpretations. By balancing what is visible and what is concealed, Grabovsky creates a dynamic tension that leaves a lasting impression of mystery and possibility.
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