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Contact:         Elena Aristova (elena.aristova@gmail.com; 646-345-8777)

Dates:            November 30 – December 24, 2010

Artist:            Ludmila Aristova

Title:              Illuminations

Media:           Fiber, Mixed Media

Gallery:         Noho Gallery  530 West 25th Street – 4th Floor New York, NY 10001  Tel. 212.367.7063

                       www.nohogallery.com    Gallery hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm

     “Illuminations” is the first New York solo exhibition by the Russian-born artist Ludmila Aristova. Scheduled to open on November 30, 2010 at Noho Gallery, the show represents the artist’s “new series of fiber art works, where the combinations of brightly colored and metallic threads in almost every piece catch the light and create shimmering effects that can only be compared to the brush strokes of the Impressionists. Aristova attributes the luminosity of her recent abstract compositions to the fact that she has recently been awarded U.S. citizenship, something that has opened the floodgates of her creativity in new and exciting ways. She says that the new sense of freedom has caused it to blossom and become more bold in both color and design.” *            

    In these works, Aristova combines hand painting with dyed silks to create complex chromatic contrasts that are considerably enhanced by painstaking hand and machine stitching with different colored threads. While painting represents a prominent element, another technique that Aristova employs successfully in her compositions is layered pleats.  This is especially evident in some of her “Illuminations” on a considerably smaller scale, wherein she explores the possibilities of creating more Minimalist compositions. Although most, but not all, of these pieces are under ten inches square, she employs folds of fabric configured in various directions to create rhythmic and sensual compositions evoking the sense of a much larger scale.            

    A graduate of Moscow Textile Institute, Ludmila Aristova became interested in fiber art during her 1991 visit to the United States and has been working in this field almost exclusively since moving to New York in 2003. Aristova’s work has been exhibited extensively. Solo exhibits have included the All-Russia Museum of Decorative-Applied and Folk Arts, and the Museum of All-Russia State Library of Foreign Languages in Moscow, The Moscow Art Gallery in Toronto, Canada, a traveling exhibit throughout major cities in Germany and an artist’s exhibit at the XVI European Patchwork Meeting in Ste Marie-aux-Mines, France.  Aristova’s work is included in museum and private collections worldwide, including the Museum of Arts & Design in New York, International Quilt Study Center and Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska, and All-Russia Museum of Decorative-Applied and Folk Arts in Moscow.

*Art critic Ed McCormack 

Image: Illumination # 26 (3” x 13”). © Ludmila Aristova, 2010. Photo by D. James Dee 

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