Anna Snegina Yekaterinburg, Russia
The role of material is critical to Anna’s assertion of arts’ commodification. Poverty and exhaustion remain the two largest fears that stand between artists and their practice. Anna manages to emphasize a mental spillage that disrupts what it means to be a completed and formalized contribution to exhibition spaces. Honing in on this point, we may consider how the waste bag as the stretched canvas prompts us to discuss how the ‘value’ of this piece may be received. Anna works with bold brushstrokes and experiments with the dripping of paint. For Anna, the natural progress of a piece is the final vision. That is, this piece was not predetermined but instead reached its cohesion while under production. Poverty of Local Artists - 2019 - Acrylic on stretched construction waste bag Size of artwork: 90 x 70 cm
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