Oksana Mas
| Oksana Mas | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1969 Ilyichevsk, Ukraine |
| Nationality |
Ukrainian  |
| Education | Ilyichevsk School of Fine Arts, Grekov Odessa State Art School |
| Known for | Installation art, Painting, Video art |
| Notable work | Altarpiece of nations, "Look into Eternity" |
| Movement | Expressionism; abstract art |
Oksana Mas (Ukrainian: Оксана Мась; 1969) — Ukrainian artist. In 1986 she graduated from Ilyichevsk school of arts and then M.B. Grekov Odessa State Art School in 1992. Working as an artist, in 2003 she earned a Bachelor of Philosophy at Odessa State University. As of 2011, she lived and worked in Spain, Sweden, and Ukraine.
Biography
Mas creates installations, paintings and video art. She is a regular participant of the auctions of Sotheby's and a participant at festivals such as London Frieze, Armory Show New York, Fiac (Paris), Art Basel Miami, Arco (Spain), Art Moscow, Art Dubai and Karlsruhe.
On June 9, 2009 artist's work «DRIVE 9» was sold at Sotheby's auction in London for 33,650 GBP.[1]
In 2011 Oksana's work «Post-vs-Proto-Renaissance» was representing Ukraine on the 54th Venice Biennale.[2][3][4][5]
On June 20, 2012 artist's work «Altarpiece of Nations»—the ready fragments of the art-installation—was registered in the National registry of records of Ukraine as the „biggest installation made of wooden eggs—380 000 eggs“.[6]
Selected Works
Altarpiece of Nations
The art installation Altarpiece of Nations was presented at the Saint Sophia Square in Kiev. It is made of 250,000 painted Easter eggs (Pysankas) and is a replication of the Ghent Altarpiece fragment created by the 15th-century Flemish artists, the Van Eycks brothers. The prototype of the Altar of Nations called Post-vs-Proto-Renaissance was revealed at the Venice Biennale in 2011.
The Altarpiece of Nations is a 22 by 38 metres (72 ft × 125 ft) canvas with 15 fragments. The wooden eggs were painted by people in 42 countries.[7]
The Spheres of Good and Spiritual Revival
Three spheres, sized 90 by 110 centimetres (2 ft 11 in × 3 ft 7 in) are currently located on Monte-Carlo’s central street, Ave Henri Dunant in Monaco. Another two, sized 50 by 110 centimetres (1 ft 8 in × 3 ft 7 in), are located at the Opera Gallery. They are made of 1,500 wooden eggs accompanied by a message. The patterns of the spheres are meant to replicate the oldest world cultures: Mayan, Persian, ancient Celtic and Western Ukrainian. The spheres were exhibited in Washington, Zurich, Barcelona, Moscow, Kyiv, New York, and Paris.[8]
Look into Eternity
Look into Eternity is an enlarged replication of the upper half of the face of the Virgin Mary from the 17th century icon Virgin Eleusa. The mosaic panel, consisting of 15,000 handpainted Easter eggs and weighing 2.5 tonnes, was presented to the Sofia Kyivska National Museum in Kiev.[9]
Biomorphic realism
Mas created a series of works using "biomorphic realism". By switching optics, the traditional flat image becomes alive. Varnished lenses refract a light beam, adding effects of the reflected image.
Art Medium
Mas frequently uses hand-painted wooden eggs, 90 by 30 centimetres (2 ft 11 in × 1 ft 0 in) on a metallic disk, coating them in oil and varnish.
References
- ↑ Sotheby's lot 165 results—Oksana Mas, DRIVE 9
- ↑ Ukrainian Pavilion in front of San Stae church—3D tour
- ↑ Ukrainian Pavilion inside San Stae church—3D tour
- ↑ Entrance to Ukrainian Pavilion inside San Stae church—3D tour
- ↑ Venice Biennale: the latest — in pictures — The Guardian, 2 June 2011
- ↑ Installation of the artist got into the registry of records. (Original language title: „Инсталляция художницы попала в реестр рекордов“) — Komsomolskaya Pravda Ukraine, (Russian)
- ↑ Polishchuk, Tetiana. ""Altar of Nations" made of 250,000 pysankas". Retrieved May 18, 2012.
- ↑ "Ukrainian pysankas in Monaco". July 27, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2012.
- ↑ Kislov, Andriy (January 01, .2010). "A look into eternity". Retrieved May 18, 2012. Check date values in:
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