Ewelina Bochenska “Icaros para Alma”

M. David & Co

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In our project space, we present a one-person show by Ewelina Bochenska, entitled Icaros para Alma.

In her first solo show since her widely-acclaimed exhibition at the Fortnight Institute in 2018, Bochenska continues to explore and expand her work through her world travels. Elizabeth Buhe writes in Art in America, “her paintings place seemingly diametrical qualities such as real and imagined, visible and invisible, in productive tension: while the Native American imagery points to mythological beings, for instance, its origins in rock carvings give it an earthly quality; and while the landscapes are based on actual ones, they are portrayed subjectively—by memory rather than copied en plein air. In this, the images recall the way Joan Mitchell’s expressionistic landscapes mapped internal topography rather than observed fact. Bochenska’s work feels both of this world and outside it, bidding us to live an existence that more purposefully bridges the two.”

The work for this current exhibition was inspired by her recent trip to Peru and meeting the Shipibo people and their healing songs called Icaros. In Shipibo culture, Icaros are represented visually through intricate geometric patterns that can be found on their textiles and artwork. The Shipibo believe that Icaros travel like a pattern into our being, bringing balance and harmony.

“For Shipibo, the Universe is made of a song and everything in it has a pattern that can be sung.” The patterns represent the path of the Spirit. Shipibo don’t differentiate between hearing and seeing. As Ewelina states, “they hear with their eyes and see with their ears, so that for them the patterns are visual music. Since the Universe is made up of patterns, it is continuously singing itself into being.”

We invite you to slow down for a quiet moment and listen to beautiful songs that these jewel-like works sing.

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from January 11, 2019 to January 27, 2019

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