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Tanya Ilyakhova At The National Arts Club
Kiev, - September 20th, 2014
Despite the rich and subtle effects that can be achieved with it, the ancient wax-resist process of batik, in which one paints on fabric with wax and these parts do not absorb the applied color but retain that of the original fabric, is normally associated with craft projects rather than with fine art painting. At least this is so in the United states. The renowned Ukrainian contempo- rary artist Tanya Ilyakhova, however, who is equally proficient in oil on canvas, makes one see batik in an entirely new light in her solo exhibition at the National Arts Club, Grand Gallery, 15 Gramercy Park south, from october 25 through November 8. (Reception: Tuesday, october 27, 5:30-7 pm.) Ilyakhova has an interesting history. Growing up in a small town in Novgorod- Volynskiy, she attended the prestigious Art school for Gifted Children of the Ukraine. only one such school existed in each of the si...