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The World's Leading Contemporary Fine Art Gallery
Tatiana
An
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"For me, magical realism is not something fantastic, which, in principle, cannot be. It is something that could happen—some weirdness that you see or that you remember. This is déjà vu; this is paramnesia."
Tatiana An is a Ukrainian artist living in the Netherlands.
Painting "66" is the first of the "Samsara" series. In January 2019, I woke up in the morning and saw a series of numbers in my mind: 66,59,14,8,118. I knew for sure that these were the names of my future paintings, and I knew exactly what would be painted on them. I painted five pictures in less than two weeks. I have never drawn so fast in my life. And I still don't know what these numbers mean.
She started painting when she was 5 years old, and she always knew that she wanted to be an artist. Tatiana graduated from the Ukrainian Institute of Publishing as a graphic artist and studied for three years at the Academy of Arts at the Faculty of Art History.
Painting "59" is the second of the "Samsara" series. In January 2019, I woke up in the morning and saw a series of numbers in my mind: 66,59,14,8,118. I painted five pictures in less than two weeks. I have never drawn so fast in my life. Later, I painted five more pictures from this series, only without numbers.
Tatiana's creativity is influenced by many factors, including her current mood. In general, she is a very cheerful person with a positive attitude towards life.
"Acrylic is more convenient; it dries quickly and is easier to take with you on a trip. In addition, canvas painted with acrylic paints is more flexible than oil, which can crack in Acrylic paint is not easily damaged and always looks new."
She draws inspiration from music, books, paintings by great artists, beautiful objects, fashion, color combinations in fabrics or interiors, dancing, flowers, clouds, and sunlight.
"It's amazing how the sun can kill color. The most boring photographs are taken when the sun comes out from behind the clouds and illuminates the surroundings, but the best photographs are taken right before sunset, when the sun is still present. That's when you really can see the full spectrum of warm and cold colors. It is this contrast that makes people more beautiful, and that's when people fall in love. This glow, this contrast of warm and cold, I try to display in every painting of mine."
Her main choice is acrylic paint. In life, she often had to move, sometimes very suddenly. Many times she had to leave her oil paintings and throw away the palettes.
Painting "14" is the third of the "Samsara" series. All the paintings in this series are connected into one long "street," and they can be interchanged at your discretion.
"For me, the most important thing is to maintain the contrast between warm and cool colors. For example, when you use turquoise, you add a warm color next to it, such as ochre. Alternating strokes. This will make them stand out from each other, and the image will be clear and bright."
"Black and Red" is a diptych consisting of two still lives. The left still life symbolizes sadness, and the right one symbolizes love. "Love and sadness are always close."
Tatiana is a workaholic. She paints a lot and with gusto. Her style is magical realism.
"Due to the pandemic, I spend a lot of time in our garden." Only now have I realized how lucky I am because we each have our own nature. "I try to depict every piece of our garden."
Recently, due to the pandemic, Tatyana has painted a lot of still life, especially the interaction of glass and light. And yet, she began to turn to nature more often. It was the image of nature that became a priority in her art.
"Every year, my husband has a huge flower bed of poppies in our garden. He grows them, and I paint them. It was a sunny day, and I drew poppies, covering them with my shadow. So I immortalized my shadow, decorated with poppies.
At first, she starts her paintings with three colors, for example, umber, olive, and golden ochre. Then she adds two more colors—the darkest and the lightest. After that, she adds all the necessary details and accents. Thus, she moves from a general concept to a finished result.
This picture shows the farm I live on. My studio is located in this house. So I paint poppies just outside my studio.
"It is very important not to overload the picture with unnecessary details. There is almost always unnecessary – it needs to be found and removed."
"I painted this alley in our garden on a warm, sunny day. I love to convey the play of sunlight and shadow."
Tatiana never draws with a pencil. Instead, she works with paint from start to finish.
"Still life is something that you can always paint, even when the weather is bad outside the window. This Chinese cookware set is actually very picturesque, and I loved drawing it."
"A Brief Biography of Tatiana An"1961—was born in Kiev (Ukraine).1998, Kiev Academy of Art and Architecture (Ukraine)2008: personal exhibition at the Municipal Gallery of the island of Mykonos (Greece);2016-2018: participation in the OSTEN design biennial in Skopje (Macedonia);2017: double exhibition in Ukraine (Kiev);2018: double exhibition in the Netherlands (Baarn);2019: collective exhibition in Kiev (Sofia Kiev);2020: All-Ukrainian group exhibition Contemporary Women's Art Festgroup exhibition at the Kiev Historical Museum (Ukraine);The OSTEN biennial of drawings in Skopje (Macedonia) was chosen;2021: VAA International Art Exhibition 2021;60 Toronto Street Art Fair;Exhibition of Ukrainian collages, Arsenal, Kiev;participant in the London Art Biennale;Exhibition "Contemporary," Boomer Gallery, London;In October 2021, Tatiana will participate in the 13th Florence Biennale.Works are in the Municipal Gallery of Mykonos, in the Museum of Drawing in Skopje, in the Historical Museum in Kiev, as well as in private collections in Europe and the United States. Tatiana An is a Ukrainian artist living in the Netherlands.
"I painted this landscape on August 21, 2021. After the thunderstorm, it suddenly became quiet, and the setting sun, at its parting, illuminated the water in the river. It was unforgettable!"