three apples / makeup in January
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three apples / makeup in January
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Mixed Media / Interdisciplinary
$350.00
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15.75" H x 11.81" W x 0.1" D x 0.1 lbs
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Description

the creation of visual works is inextricably linked with the appeal to experiences, feelings, and states in which I have already been or have been for some time

sometimes I draw plots and stories from there, sometimes I look for connections between fragments of memory

but it's always about yourself

it's all the more interesting to realize that the present will one day become the ground for future creativity

3 timelines touched here:

-January 2022: anxiety, an uncharacteristic desire for me to put on makeup and take pictures of myself to fill an endless day;

-four years of living in Minsk and the view from the window that greeted me in the mornings and accompanied me through sleepless nights while I looked at the new cracks on the transformer booth opposite;

-a random snapshot of narcissists, without time or place, but with thoughts about ourselves and our peers, about our responsibility not to follow already trodden paths, but to create new ones;

I would never have thought that such different details would perfectly complement each other in one project

even the process of working on mixed media has become part of this combination: the picture of the apples has become a template for a triptych from archival footage, the stamp has been applied on top of the artifacts, and the bleach solution has burned out the excess, leaving bizarre prints

Year Created
2026
Location
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Colors
Light PurpleTealCrimsonBrown
Materials & Tools
Digital CameraBleach
Search Terms
ArtPaintingCanvasFemalePersonSplashEyeWomanAbstact
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Diana Muminova
Kazakhstan
At the core of my practice is the relationship between memory and transformation. Memories change over time: some details become more vivid, others fade, and each return to the past, shaped by one's emotional state, alters it in subtle ways. I work with the genre of still life because it allows me to speak about a person's inner world through the objects that inhabit domestic space. The home, historically associated with the experiences of women, has long been a place where they found ways to create using everyday objects and readily available materials. Continuing this tradition, I work with objects from my own home, drawing on everyday life as the material for my practice. Each work begins with a still life composed of ordinary household objects. Within my compositions, these objects lose their practical function and become part of personal narratives. I then photograph the assembled scene, but the photograph is only the first stage of the process. Returning to it through collage, I dismantle and reconstruct the image, transforming both its form and its meaning. In doing so, the image follows the same path as memory: it transforms and is continuously reinterpreted.