Rose d’hiver (Winter rose), 2025

Evgeniya Buravleva   New & remarkable Artists

Evgeniya Buravleva's new exhibition, Impressions, explores how the works of the Impressionists transformed the history of art. Over time, the places where they worked — Étretat, Giverny, Honfleur — have become cultural landmarks and destinations for artistic pilgrimage.

In Impressions, Evgeniya Buravleva does not merely revisit these landscapes — she offers a contemporary reinterpretation. She examines how our perception of these places has evolved and the new meanings they acquire in the context of today's visual culture.

In this work, Evgeniya Buravleva plays with striking contrasts of color, texture, and presence. A vivid, almost surreal blue fills most of the canvas, evoking a still, deep swimming pool bordered by a dark line of trees. In the foreground, a bright red rose rests in a small transparent glass, casting a crisp shadow on the white surface.

This minimalist composition carries a subtle tension: between the warmth of the flower and the coolness of the water; between the organic and the inert; between the tenderness of a human gesture and the total absence of figures. The whole becomes a kind of contemporary still life—silent and enigmatic.

True to her visual language, Buravleva explores the memory of place, the fleeting nature of beauty, and suspended moments. The title adds a poetic dimension, where fragility stands in quiet contrast to the stillness of the setting.