Jānis Avotiņš - Contemporary Artists

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Jānis Avotiņš

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2011
Oil on canvas

102 x 58 cm

Two gossamer-like female figures – another solemn and almost faceless pair – appear to be walking out of a background of darkness. Their poses, soft silhouettes and the bright illumination on their bodies recall the long-exposure and bleached out feel of early photography, so often showing shapes similarly eked out of an enveloping darkness. They are beautiful, bleak and memorable, all at once.
 
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