Flowers and Feelings

Dates: June 1, 2024 - June 11, 2024

Vernissage: Saturday, June 1, 2024, from 18.00 to 21.00

Venue: the art space of Rynok na Leninskom, 108 Leninsky Prospect, bldg. 1, 2nd floor, Moscow

Opening hours: Mon-Wed 10:00–23:00; Thu-Sun 10:00–00:00. Free admission.

All works are available for purchase at the exhibition, online or via What'sUp: +7 925 113 4017

In the Victorian era, the language of flowers was used for the secret expression of feelings when they could not be spoken of openly. In the Eastern tradition, flowers are essential elements of refined simplicity, achieved by revealing the natural beauty of the material.

Artist Inna Sumina builds her artistic practice around images of flowers, exploring the influence of color on the viewer’s perception and analyzing her own emotions. Inna’s works are distinguished by the way the flower is regarded, its position within the space of the frame, and by shifts and enlargements of scale. Combining abstract elements with realistic details, Inna leaves room for reflection and transforms the viewer’s impression from the familiar to the special and unique.

“I invite you into my “inner garden” - my comfortable corner, adorned with flowers, a place where paintings become a reflection of the soul’s state. Through the image of the iris, as if magnified several times by a close-up effect, I convey various emotions and feelings, contemplate the beauty of everyday life, the cyclical nature of life’s events, observe the influence of color on perception. I allow the paints to be my co-authors, combining dynamic abstract elements with static realistic ones. The value of life in the moment, the brightness of each day, the lushness and drama of fading - all of this is reflected on my canvases”. - Inna Sumina.

About the Artist:

A resident artist of the gallery. She studied at the British Higher School of Art and Design. Her principal subject is flowers as a metaphor for emotion. In her painting practice, she most often works in oil on canvas or paper. "In my work, I explore the fleeting nature of time. Living in the moment stands in contrast to the pursuit of instant gratification in consumer society. Mindfulness becomes a way to slow down and perceive the beauty of the here and now. Through images of flowers, I examine the transience of life, drawing a parallel between human existence and the stages of a plant’s growth (profuse blooming—gradual withering)…" Her works are held in private collections in Russia and abroad.