Across a storied history and myriad of cultures, our common ground converges on a shared sense of wonder. We gravitate to the untouched, the unexplored, and the unreal. This curiosity inclines us to probe the balance and complexities of our natural and built environments.
Russian-born multimedia and performance artist Yuliya Lanina seizes this sense of harmony and disrupts it. Her highly charged, whimsical works defy definition, consisting of eclectic paintings, performances, and objects that unapologetically resist convention and challenge audience members to reflect on assumed notions of being and community.