While the World Isn’t Looking, Circa 2024
Inna Pupina  

Painting : acrylic, canvas · 30 x 30 x 3 cm 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch · Ready to hang

CHF 272 272 CHF
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Painting : Unique artwork

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Artwork sold in perfect condition, not framed, ready to hang

with stretcher frame

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Dimensions ( cm • inch )

30 x 30 x 3 cm 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch Height x Width x Depth

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In While the World Isn't Looking, Inna Pupina creates an intimate abstract composition in which dark geometric forms hold their place within a lively field of colour.

A large black square occupies the center-left, overlapping burgundy passages and smaller rectangles. These shapes give the painting a clear framework, allowing its surrounding gestures to develop in varied directions.

Lime yellow, turquoise, blue, coral and white interrupt a deep green ground. Some passages appear as broad strokes; others emerge through scraped edges, scattered marks and traces of earlier layers. The visible handling of paint invites the viewer to explore how the surface has accumulated.

The black square introduces a moment of visual stillness. Around it, brighter colour creates movement, connecting separate areas through recurring accents. The composition balances this concentrated dark presence with the openness of its irregular marks.

The title suggests an inward dimension to the work. It invites reflection on what happens beyond attention: private thoughts, quiet changes and moments that belong to the individual. The painting keeps these possibilities open, offering colour and structure as a space for personal interpretation.

ARTWORK DETAILS

Format: Square
Edition: Unique original artwork — 1/1
Signature: Signed on the front and reverse
Reverse: Handwritten title, medium, year, dimensions and artwork identification
Reference: AAG-IP-WTWIL-2024-001
Provenance: Artist / Abstract Art Gallery, Riga

PRESENTATION AND DELIVERY

Delivered stretched on a hardwood stretcher, ready to hang.
Decorative frame not included.

Includes one Certificate of Authenticity issued by Abstract Art Gallery.

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Abstract

Geometric abstraction

Colors

Green

Red

Inna Pupina, While the World Isn’t Looking

Inna Pupina

Latvia  • 1983

Presentation

Inna Pupina is a contemporary painter whose practice centres on the emotional life of landscape. Working exclusively in acrylic on canvas, she develops compositions that move beyond topographical description toward atmosphere, sensation and inner experience.
Her signature approach combines expressive layering, refined colour harmonies and a sustained attention to light — particularly the luminous, shifting quality of Nordic and Eastern European natural environments. Forests, water and sky recur throughout her work not as subjects to be recorded, but as vehicles for contemplating stillness, time and the passage between states.
Pupina's paintings are characterised by their chromatic depth: violets, blues and greens are built through successive transparent glazes, generating a sense of visual resonance that photographs rarely capture in full. The surface holds both spontaneity and control — gestural passages sit alongside areas of quiet precision, creating compositions that reward sustained looking.
Represented by Abstract Art Gallery since 2013, Inna Pupina's original works are held in private collections across Europe. Her paintings are appreciated for their capacity to transform a domestic or professional interior into a space of contemplation — present without being intrusive, decorative without being passive.
She exhibits internationally and continues to develop her practice from her studio in Riga, Latvia.

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