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Lyubena Fox
Memento Mori - Oil Still-Life Painting Colours Black Brown Beige Grey White Pink

2021

About the Item

"Memento Mori " Oil on canvas Unframed 25 x 16,5 cm Framed 50,5 x 42,5 cm The frame Handmade from wood and plaster, water gilded with genuine gold leaf over rouge burnishing bole and patinated. Exhibited in the “Memento Mori” art show in Manhattan, New York with Sugar Lift in the beginning of 2021 The symbolism: Memento Mori (Latin for 'remember that you have to die) is an artistic or symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death. The concept has its roots in the philosophers of classical antiquity, and it was reflected in the artistic genre of Vanitas, where symbolic objects such as hourglasses and wilting flowers signified the impermanence of human life. Memento Mori The Painting’s Qualities Lyubena Fox’s paintings are painted in several layers, using both the transparent and opaque qualities of oil paint. Each layer is applied after the previous has dried which makes the painting withstand time. It also creates a glowing, three-dimensional effect, which is due to the different layers showing though each other. These paintings are painted following the logic of how the eye perceives: seeing the details in the context of the form. To create a fulfilling experience, the images are composed of places, full of detail for the eye to explore and places where the eye can rest. “The impressions of Lyubena's paintings on the viewer is so mighty, mesmerizing, grand, that it paralyzes the imagination with its realistic perfection. Her paintings bring emotion of drama, mystery, love, desire and energy, represented by the vast creative power of her talent.” Bio Lyubena Fox was born in 1994 in Sofia, Bulgaria. 2013 she graduated from the National school of fine arts Bulgaria, specializing in illustration. The same year she moved to Florence, Italy to study painting with John M. Angel and in 2016 graduated from Angel Academy of Art Florence, after which she studied with Alessandro Dari. 2017 she has two solo exhibitions in Sofia. 2018 Lyubena has three of her paintings qualified as ARC finalists and later in May studies painting with her favorite contemporary painter Roberto Ferri. In September she wins a scholarship from the Art Renewal Center Artist statement My work opposes the fast-paced consumerism and stressed ways of the society nowadays. It pays its respect to art history and it shows how much we can learn from our past in order to live and create to our fullest now. My work suggests, in the way it's painted, that you can also choose how paint/live your life accordingly to what you truly crave, despite what the current fashion is. The knowledge of the materials used and the chemical reactions towards their surroundings has been applied to create these works of art, which will last in time. The artist’s artworks are owned in private, public collections worldwide. Snow Pearl art gallery provides certificates of authenticity for all her artworks.
  • Creator:
    Lyubena Fox (1994, Bulgarian)
  • Creation Year:
    2021
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 9.85 in (25 cm)Width: 6.5 in (16.5 cm)Depth: 0.79 in (2 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Sofia, BG
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU98137894522

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