Darina Karpov

Darina Karpov, 2007, Unititled, gouache and acrylic on panel, 36 x 52”

Darina Karpov, 2005, Unititled, ink and water color on paper

"My drawings and paintings emerge as a form of interplay between various conditions such as abstraction/figuration, proximity/distance, movement/stillness. Shadow, light and color use their own logic — no longer delimiting objects, but suggesting their underlying unity.  The work forms like a virus, proliferating, shifting directions, plotting and transforming the space. The elements appear near and far, dense clusters disperse into the whiteness of the paper. Juxtaposition of microscopic and boundless, familiar and strange creates an interplay of opposing forces. Tensions explode in chaos, disrupting any attempt at containment.