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Book Paintings by Ekaterina Panikanova

June 11, 2013

Christopher Jobson

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© Ekaterina Panikanova

Artist Ekaterina Panikanova creates densely layered paintings across large spreads of old books and other documents, resulting in artwork that blurs the lines between painting, installation and collage. Born in St. Petersburg in 1975 Panikanova graduated at the top of her class from the Academy of Fine Arts and was subsequently given a studio to work from for five years. She now lives and works in Rome. Much of what you see above was from her second ever solo show Un, due, tre, fuoco at z2o Galleria earlier this year.

 

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© Ekaterina Panikanova, courtesy z2o Galleria

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© Ekaterina Panikanova, courtesy z2o Galleria

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© Ekaterina Panikanova, courtesy z2o Galleria

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© Ekaterina Panikanova

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© Ekaterina Panikanova

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© Ekaterina Panikanova, courtesy z2o Galleria

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© Ekaterina Panikanova, courtesy z2o Galleria

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© Ekaterina Panikanova, courtesy z2o Galleria

#books #collage #installation #painting

 

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