Ladybug Series, 2025
Painting : pencil · 94 x 43 x 0.3 cm 37 x 16.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,750
1 750 $US
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Painting : Unique artwork
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94 x 43 x 0.3 cm 37 x 16.9 x 0.1 inch Height x Width x Depth
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This evocative artwork captures a fleeting moment of human presence. A delicate profile emerges from a storm of graphite. The artist employs a sophisticated interplay between clarity and chaos. Sharp pencil strokes slash across the composition. They create a rhythmic texture that mimics static or falling rain. This visual noise partially obscures the face. It suggests a fragile boundary between memory and reality.
The gaze remains soft and introspective. A subtle warmth lingers in the skin tones. This contrast emphasizes the tension between the organic form and the aggressive linear patterns. The composition explores the fluidity of identity. It presents the subject as if dissolving into the white void of the background. The technique transforms a simple figurative study into a profound meditation on invisibility. Every line adds a layer of emotional depth. The result is a haunting image of solitude. The artwork balances precise anatomical detail with spontaneous abstraction. It culminates in a ghostly silhouette that lingers on the edge of perception.
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A leading contemporary interdisciplinary artist renowned for her distinct pop-stance paintings and multimedia works. Drawing consistent inspiration from Pop Art movements, her practice reaffirms the liberal utopias of the 1980s, trading natural light for the radiant, optimistic glow of mass-media aesthetics. Matsakyan skillfully weaponizes commercial symbols, advertising motifs and explores memory, identity and socio-political transitions.
1985 - Fine Arts Degree - , Yerevan, Armenia
2001 - Artist-in-Residence | Leube Kunst Projekt, Salzburg, Austria
2001 - Artist-in-Residence | KulturKontakt Austria, Vienna, Austria (2001)
Member | “3rd Floor" Avant-Garde Art Group (Joined 1987; actively participated in group exhibitions through 1994)
1997 | , Charlie Khachatryan Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia
2014 | , “Akanat" Gallery, Yerevan, Armenia
2014 | (Presented by “Gala" Art Gallery), Beirut, Lebanon
2013 | , Sotheby's Fine Art Auctions, London, UK
2012 | , Art Point Gallery (Kulturkontakt Austria), Vienna, Austria
2011 | , Christie's, London, UK
2010 | (BD Project), New York, USA
2009 | , Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art (ACCEA), Yerevan, Armenia
2008 | , Paris, France
2007 | , Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France
2005 | , Culturescapes Festival, Basel, Switzerland
2004 | , Vienna, Austria
2003 | , Kunsthalle Modern Art Museum, Vienna, Austria
2003 | , Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (IFA-Gallery), Berlin, Germany
2003 | (Project MAF), Tbilisi History Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia
2002 | , San Lazzaro, Venice, Italy
2002 | , Tehran, Iran
2001 | , Hay-Art, Yerevan, Armenia
2001 | , ACCEA, Yerevan, Armenia
2001 | (Armenian-Austrian Joint Exhibition), Hay-Art, Yerevan, Armenia
1987 | , Union of Artists of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
Karine Matsakyan's works are represented in major national and international museums and permanent collections:
Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art (ACCEA) | Yerevan, Armenia
State Contemporary Art Museum | Yerevan, Armenia
Modern Art Museum | Vienna, Austria
Tbilisi History Museum | Tbilisi, Georgia
Museum of Contemporary Art | Tehran, Iran
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