I have lived in different places. The experiences from various cultures reflect in my work conceptually and formally. My paintings, like my identity, are mostly in layers.

ALINA MNATSAKANIAN

The painting starts with lines that cover the whole canvas. Some lines are later covered with the background color. 

Acrylic on canvas

Digital

Abstract

Repainting parts of a painting with a background color, forms and colors become simpler. The concentration is on the present time, on the essential.

Painting

Fragments resembling a "secret" writing or paths, in grey on an orange background.

Lines and curves of this painting resemble an alphabet, an unknown one, off course.

The marks: The lines are superimposed, the points are linked. Everything is connected. The forms are free, often abstract. The brush or the marker move freely on the supports, similar to the trajectories of life. The superposition of the lines manifests itself as an allusion of movement and depth. Sometimes the lines replace the medium itself or move in real time to become animated paintings.

This painting is part of a series called Fragments or Effacements in French. Parts of the already painted work are being "erased" by adding the background color. Memories are kept but not always apparent.

Superimposed layers of lines and colors in blue with some tones of yellow, orange, grey and white

ALINA MNATSAKANIAN

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