https://www.liliyalifanova.com/canvass daily 0.75 2016-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381293763082-BPRE5SLGUMX057TMGQSH/DSC_0208.JPG canvass I fragmented a retired Soviet army tent and created an installation using its most exterior layer as a stage curtain, its second flannel layer for flat wall works made of thousands of scrolls, and its most interior cotton layer for the production of costumes. Phase II of the project was a durational performance where I stamped a traditional Russian embroidery motif onto a roll of rice paper with the fingerprints of the exhibition attendees. The performers, dressed to represent the characters in the aforementioned embroidery design, performed gestures each time a new fingerprint was imprinted onto the paper. Produced while at Gridchinhall Artist Residency, Moscow, Russia September 2011 to January 2012, organized by Salamatina Gallery, with the support of the Fulbright Program, Institute of International Education. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381293763082-BPRE5SLGUMX057TMGQSH/DSC_0208.JPG canvass I fragmented a retired Soviet army tent and created an installation using its most exterior layer as a stage curtain, its second flannel layer for flat wall works made of thousands of scrolls, and its most interior cotton layer for the production of costumes. Phase II of the project was a durational performance where I stamped a traditional Russian embroidery motif onto a roll of rice paper with the fingerprints of the exhibition attendees. The performers, dressed to represent the characters in the aforementioned embroidery design, performed gestures each time a new fingerprint was imprinted onto the paper. Produced while at Gridchinhall Artist Residency, Moscow, Russia September 2011 to January 2012, organized by Salamatina Gallery, with the support of the Fulbright Program, Institute of International Education. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381295746759-T7PT14U5EQLBKX5JUCA1/Gridchinhall_Panorama2.jpg canvass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381295627849-O946DAN5RXKYJRA81NX0/10.Lifanova.jpg canvass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381298099006-OACZIF55HM6V3Y5RUM23/GH1.jpg canvass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381298104861-48HEYQ0QB4X5YU237NY4/GH2.jpg canvass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381296508521-ZFTFB61MH64ZH3ZPV8WD/GH3.jpg canvass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381298113830-5E37AQUSHL2BNY7M76QC/GH6.jpg canvass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381296514037-7FONZ0VX6Z844UCDUEL3/GH4jpg canvass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381295612012-9KVTFXGW8O6T6Q3E8Z2Y/07.Lifanova.jpg canvass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381298130025-5J0GFXDWW5C81BZMFNIJ/GH10.jpg canvass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381298138745-97AQFOCK0LEJT37E623E/GH12.jpg canvass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381298133554-BJJ2FLX0J1WNVHLCTIOZ/GH11.jpg canvass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381298126076-5U59A5H6WHUBKSSXUUTP/GH9.jpg canvass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381298142410-C3L9V3U7IH2JR3F8I9VT/GH13.jpg canvass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381298912399-YYI7R326SFOW2MDI2VA7/396064_299395033442142_130199690361678_826995_234931884_n.jpg canvass https://www.liliyalifanova.com/anatomyisdestiny daily 0.75 2022-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381265644363-CL410H3MF8XHBKVNEFXX/ulmer1024117006-for-web.jpg anatomy is destiny Image courtesy of the World Chess Hall of Fame Anatomy is Destiny is based on a score of a chess match written by Arman P. Armand of Marcel Duchamp playing against his alter-ego Rrose Sélavy. In the performance, 32 participants, dressed in specially designed clothing, restricting their movements and thereby defining their roles within the game, battle on the surface of the grid for the title of the winner. After approximately 40 minutes and 40 motions by each side, the match ends in a stalemate. Choreography by Davy Bisaro. Sound design by Sebastian Alvarez. Review by Joel Kuennen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381265644363-CL410H3MF8XHBKVNEFXX/ulmer1024117006-for-web.jpg anatomy is destiny Image courtesy of the World Chess Hall of Fame Anatomy is Destiny is based on a score of a chess match written by Arman P. Armand of Marcel Duchamp playing against his alter-ego Rrose Sélavy. In the performance, 32 participants, dressed in specially designed clothing, restricting their movements and thereby defining their roles within the game, battle on the surface of the grid for the title of the winner. After approximately 40 minutes and 40 motions by each side, the match ends in a stalemate. Choreography by Davy Bisaro. Sound design by Sebastian Alvarez. Review by Joel Kuennen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381265644296-HL14WQ4SQNXJTGKAVPJF/ulmer1024116958-for-web.jpg anatomy is destiny Image courtesy of the World Chess Hall of Fame https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381265771909-21NFFSUJIOSP5KW18T54/aid474slide.jpg anatomy is destiny Image courtesy of the World Chess Hall of Fame https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381265774232-ZKGILO5HJ9108RPNCXPB/aid423slide.jpg anatomy is destiny Image courtesy of the World Chess Hall of Fame https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381265776013-NUP4MAGUNLYLL4PTZVUN/aid475slide.jpg anatomy is destiny Image courtesy of the World Chess Hall of Fame https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381305182152-JUYVVCR3MQGJGO2ZBKN1/image-asset.jpeg anatomy is destiny - Anatomy is Destiny Performance, Part 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381305210072-GPHLT0MNTEY5T1I7QDT9/image-asset.jpeg anatomy is destiny - Anatomy is Destiny Performance, Part 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381263719769-3H01JRRVTORNIDPUWPBE/out+of+the+box+art+news+032012.jpg anatomy is destiny https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381263807816-BD2WQBWLVUFQZ0KLJZ4E/05.Lifanova.AisD.perf+at+Epiph.jpg anatomy is destiny Image: Karina Natis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381264169396-YLK6X936MMD4XUHYTSS5/_MG_7122web.jpg anatomy is destiny Image: Karina Natis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1528231674117-V1RZTXUT0VBB43M3B03M/image-asset.jpeg anatomy is destiny - Anatomy is Destiny, 10minute arrangement https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381263807473-N9N76ORDQDG5EZEWFBJO/02.Lifanova.Knight%3ARook+study.jpg anatomy is destiny https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381322775784-BEHZ5TQ7CCGLJPQPCLIV/thumb.jpg anatomy is destiny - Anatomy is Destiny https://www.liliyalifanova.com/wishboneballads daily 0.75 2016-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1411319741894-QNJPONEC6XGXJRACLNMV/image-asset.jpeg wishbone ballads - Wishbone Ballads, Study This video project is based on Rainer Maria Rilke’s story “Song of Truth,” shot in in 2012 Turin, Italy, currently in post-production. Non-professional performers, residents of Porta Palazzo, Turin, were asked to participate in this film. In collaboration with Alessandro Gioiello: 1st Assistant Director, Acting Producer, Actor. Yukio Unia: 2nd Assistant Director, Camera. Duccio Burberi: Director of Photography. André Campos: Camera. Giovanna Frisardi: Still Photographer. Participants/Actors: Cristina Matossi, Alessandro Gioiello, Giuseppe Cirigliano, Giovanni Cirigliano, Gabriella Dal Farra, OFeya. Music: Cristina Matossi, Olga Sergeeva. Voiceover: reader unknown, archival recording. Filmed while at viadellafucina Artist Residency (Kanichenhaus), September to November, 2012.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1411319741894-QNJPONEC6XGXJRACLNMV/image-asset.jpeg wishbone ballads - Wishbone Ballads, Study This video project is based on Rainer Maria Rilke’s story “Song of Truth,” shot in in 2012 Turin, Italy, currently in post-production. Non-professional performers, residents of Porta Palazzo, Turin, were asked to participate in this film. In collaboration with Alessandro Gioiello: 1st Assistant Director, Acting Producer, Actor. Yukio Unia: 2nd Assistant Director, Camera. Duccio Burberi: Director of Photography. André Campos: Camera. Giovanna Frisardi: Still Photographer. Participants/Actors: Cristina Matossi, Alessandro Gioiello, Giuseppe Cirigliano, Giovanni Cirigliano, Gabriella Dal Farra, OFeya. Music: Cristina Matossi, Olga Sergeeva. Voiceover: reader unknown, archival recording. Filmed while at viadellafucina Artist Residency (Kanichenhaus), September to November, 2012.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381276849574-TBRYTWK6YMP504LL3IOD/DUB_2782.JPG wishbone ballads https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381276887728-949XJ28985W4AM4DYPYB/wb-still+04.png wishbone ballads https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381276893027-AOQRZ1MSI43L4PLIB17B/wishbone+ballads+-+stills_2.jpg wishbone ballads https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381277052404-GXY5SDTECX6XPSYWZG2Z/Screen+Shot+2013-10-08+at+8.02.45+PM.png wishbone ballads https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381277052480-4E3MDIAN3PPUAYF90W5W/Screen+Shot+2013-10-08+at+8.03.22+PM.png wishbone ballads https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381276877588-XNWLMBI243X0IF3R83WR/vlcsnap-2012-11-26-16h34m43s144.jpg wishbone ballads https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381277645140-DSK6GEIC4OHLMI1EXJKR/wbweb.jpg wishbone ballads https://www.liliyalifanova.com/nequals daily 0.75 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381304944252-IESGUGNMVCEG2CADPV12/image-asset.jpeg n= - n = [phase 1] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381304944252-IESGUGNMVCEG2CADPV12/image-asset.jpeg n= - n = [phase 1] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381305047770-ZMYPYSY50CNEGEYP27O5/image-asset.jpeg n= - n = [phase 2] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381305071870-NMR068W8EC6S3FD94A99/image-asset.jpeg n= - n = [phase 2 + 1/2] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381259060191-AM96XD5MLCSLAXJVDCPE/01.Lifanova.box2.jpg n= https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381263274248-KPT15BW15W44H0X5MSFQ/box+4+web.jpg n= https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381259063697-4QAY1NF84CSXQBTELGA2/02.Lifanova.stage+directions.acrylic1.jpg n= https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381259095558-F8DA0S7RRELOOX7X9ZQ8/04.Lifanova.stage+directions.acrylic3.jpg n= https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381259149711-SH1J1WG93190W2OOORBN/06.Lifanova.ph2.stage+directons.overlay+of+all+movement.jpg n= https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381259157065-KTPA7CVX5FO23D2SLG3C/08.Lifanova.+ph1.perf+still1.jpg n= https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381259165692-2XJVITTH1SUB9A1SYSX3/09.Lifanova.+ph1.perf+still2.jpg.jpg n= https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381263345201-EMEPZ7S83STQ5Y8Y0W9S/n%3Dph11.jpg n= https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381262025662-OGQ25NYJWT2V6UEKV28H/Lifanova+Vessel+small.jpg n= https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381262020672-W8CRSR85KI8MOD45WMXG/Lifanova+Full+Stage+small.jpg n= https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381262017176-FL3CEG63RWE4BK6ZPO06/Lifanova+Bench+with+ball+andtunner+small.jpg n= https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381261182008-N4WV2VILMZZE4DDGEX3B/n%3Dph1.jpg n= https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381259191152-25A3FREPSPWAX4UC9WCF/11.Lifanova.ph2b.still.jpg n= https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381261438523-MTSNE8QE5OKDBN0E6VOA/n%3Dph22.jpg n= https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381259176544-IAM0CRP22LJ71JXCUJAQ/10.Lifanova.ph2a.still.jpg n= https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381259170795-9NABQR43SDAITKH7U9Z4/09.Lifanova.ph3d.still.jpg n= https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381259053991-COJ1DYAUK5O48W6WIFG5/Screen+Shot+2013-10-08+at+2.57.29+PM.png n= https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381259053454-TO6LPHS5NIJFX775YGK2/Screen+Shot+2013-10-08+at+2.57.03+PM.png n= https://www.liliyalifanova.com/flyingcarpetproject daily 0.75 2019-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381272077726-K5GDC7LBT8F34E9QDRHP/FlyCarpetIpushing.jpg flying carpet project Flying Carpet Project was conducted in the spring and summer of 2011 in Spain. I appeared before two groups of children in remote villages of Catalonia and Andalusia with an invitation to participate in a performance workshop where I teach felt-making using local wool in exchange for stories and visits to the “magical” places around the villages of the participants (so as to imbue the carpet with flying capabilities). The resulting pieces of felt were stitched together into carpets (later exchanged between the two schools that hosted the project) by a group of senior women in the villages and ultimately presented in two exhibitions alongside ephemera from the performance workshops, “rolled series” made from local materials, and video documentation of the performance. Photography: Rosana Camára, Pau Cata Marles, Colin Bloom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381272077726-K5GDC7LBT8F34E9QDRHP/FlyCarpetIpushing.jpg flying carpet project Flying Carpet Project was conducted in the spring and summer of 2011 in Spain. I appeared before two groups of children in remote villages of Catalonia and Andalusia with an invitation to participate in a performance workshop where I teach felt-making using local wool in exchange for stories and visits to the “magical” places around the villages of the participants (so as to imbue the carpet with flying capabilities). The resulting pieces of felt were stitched together into carpets (later exchanged between the two schools that hosted the project) by a group of senior women in the villages and ultimately presented in two exhibitions alongside ephemera from the performance workshops, “rolled series” made from local materials, and video documentation of the performance. Photography: Rosana Camára, Pau Cata Marles, Colin Bloom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381272069373-M71PL4QB380N5LDR36DU/FlyCarpetI.jpg flying carpet project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381272139847-HZ8CD8GY1X2Y2O65V0PB/FlycarpetSheepIhim.jpg flying carpet project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381272126330-XXGHJUWPPZEYOXX6T8DX/FlyCarpetsheepI.jpg flying carpet project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381272040583-JHUIOT7KAL628Q32CSM1/flycarpet+woolgathering.jpg flying carpet project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381272145059-CF8W0LL5U1YIDQ2ZJCSB/Flycarpetwool.jpg flying carpet project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381267202278-S9C5L2VDO3RQH8T2GGPW/lifanova_liliya_04.jpg flying carpet project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381272084085-D88Y632GHH4OIACWN184/FlyCarpetkids.jpg flying carpet project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381276606653-QRSNFE6AHUZ569FSTQOC/gonzalo.jpg flying carpet project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381272074433-DQFFW1GL761M3ES19QTF/FlyCarpetIkids.jpg flying carpet project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381272062679-UA0BEKL77FPPWIHVO62F/flycarpetfelting.jpg flying carpet project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381272152040-E01QI6ZM3F4EDNLLDSD0/flycarpetwool2.jpg flying carpet project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381272150968-DEQLYH0GRI89A8A2J63V/flycarpetstudent.jpg flying carpet project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381272086971-88E1PBN42XZVV46II2IW/flycarpetme.jpg flying carpet project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381272499942-22D50G3NC5VIV8AMK9F2/wome+stitching.jpg flying carpet project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381272030337-UF97KOQUC0URVQRH9ERT/FlyCarpet-old-women.jpg flying carpet project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381272035740-PBGICAXU46IQ3K2GPHOJ/flycarpetcarpet.jpg flying carpet project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381268889937-T1D2HDSYKJOJY1XMPNM0/DSC_0583small.jpg flying carpet project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381272017494-5EZ0T23HNUL3BQD5VN6K/flycarpet+instal1.jpg flying carpet project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381272052689-3GCK06QXSIBI4VMZ2GL6/Flycarpetexhibition5.jpg flying carpet project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381272046028-RSDFOL7THTL9PUM5X467/flycarpetexhibition2.jpg flying carpet project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381272139651-YULHNJ3QXP8HZD55P0IN/flycarpetprayer3.jpg flying carpet project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381272097252-XBVGP8OTWHXLTH23RKR1/flycarpetprayer4.jpg flying carpet project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381272091387-UDAWZV1KMB7CKUB79RH8/FlyCarpetPrayer1.jpg flying carpet project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381272102184-V60FS9ZWHZJCOYY2H209/FlyCarpetPrayers1.jpg.jpg flying carpet project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381272050858-CM9KTIO0QDR679WU8JY7/flycarpetexhibition3.jpg flying carpet project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381272113525-HGFFC7EMHYS6R2FYDOXO/flycarpetroll.jpg flying carpet project https://www.liliyalifanova.com/work daily 1.0 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1604630503855-TU0TOXVFWJS23DEKSEOX/FTEOTDY_v2_F%28folded%2C+two+figures%2C+feet%29_folded_15+x+24+x+2+inches.jpg work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1603240008159-706GB8RAW02BYTCSTEQ0/WYLTMCS_I%2C+II%2C+rolled_%25pattern%2C+20+x+16+inches+each%2C+2020.jpg work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1619827313375-DOVP5QQOTMJF0HILID8H/image.jpg work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1475507841327-BTPC13F79S916S6QWV7L/55.+IMG_2691.jpg work Idus Martiae movement diagram, 2016 & untitled (Chevaux de Frise), 2015 120 x 100 inches Sand and soil Igreja do Calvário, Marvão. Photo: Imagem Fixa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1695029110540-1F9CH065CYYZX05DWWQ1/DSC00343E.jpg work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1695031322355-GJD7J5AP9WVUB9UYEMAK/DSC00343E_DE.jpg work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1695031707196-9MJS7DF5TJWQZWTKZN8A/LifanovaFOWYM.jpg work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1663603304978-MR1JLKGTY0MZX0RFMMWL/TC%2C-ochre%2C-white%2C-grey-stripe-dyptich_2022_Acrylic-on-wood%2C-two-lines-75-x-18-and-50-x-12-inches.jpg work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1736883084668-ZED9EBKPCX0OLO1USW3F/TS%2B7%2C%2B2025_10.75%2Bx%2B10%2Bin%2Beach_Casein%2C%2Bacrylic%2C%2Bwax%2Bon%2Blinen-1.jpg work https://www.liliyalifanova.com/totear daily 0.75 2023-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381246538983-TBKQ3WBLVIBUFBNRDUHD/torn+black+on+white.jpg to tear - Scraped Knees (black on white diptych), 2006 10 x 10.5 inches Nylon spandex and acrylic on boards I use pantyhose and stockings and examine various ways of tearing them at the knees. Activities such as walking on my knees across the bare floor or pavement, tearing with a sharp object, pulling, pinching, and slicing get traced by the materials and become documents of my lustful and aggressive acts. Substituting my body with a wooden panel, the activity of tearing the substrate with a needle enteres the drawing tradition, disclosing the grid structure of the textile while maintaining its culturally feminine qualities.   Early on, the myth of Sisyphus had a profound effect on me. I recognized the figure, squeezed between the surfaces of the boulder and the mountain, unable to see around his fated weight; his constant movement producing a kind of stillness, his futile struggle illustrating a simple truth pointing at bliss. Much of my work still deals with this image of impotence and impasse set against the backdrop of cultural and personal narratives. I began the rolled series in 2006 as a way to reverse the relationship between paint and canvas. I view each individual unit as a scroll and the paint as the connective tissue, carefully measured across the edge or carelessly dabbed between the pencil lines of the once visible grid. I present my surfaces dry and hollow. Sculptures without an inside. Fragmented paintings and drawings. Matter situating performances. The act of making once a performance in itself. This series, now a persistent multiple, unites my practice into a kind of a whole. My materials vary but are mainly rooted in the painting and drawing traditions. Recently, I began to use cement. It is teaching me something about time through color. It is propelling the series into the architectural terrain, the incompatible marriage of textile with concrete informing a new and dusty vision of work that is yet to come.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381246538983-TBKQ3WBLVIBUFBNRDUHD/torn+black+on+white.jpg to tear - Scraped Knees (black on white diptych), 2006 10 x 10.5 inches Nylon spandex and acrylic on boards I use pantyhose and stockings and examine various ways of tearing them at the knees. Activities such as walking on my knees across the bare floor or pavement, tearing with a sharp object, pulling, pinching, and slicing get traced by the materials and become documents of my lustful and aggressive acts. Substituting my body with a wooden panel, the activity of tearing the substrate with a needle enteres the drawing tradition, disclosing the grid structure of the textile while maintaining its culturally feminine qualities.   Early on, the myth of Sisyphus had a profound effect on me. I recognized the figure, squeezed between the surfaces of the boulder and the mountain, unable to see around his fated weight; his constant movement producing a kind of stillness, his futile struggle illustrating a simple truth pointing at bliss. Much of my work still deals with this image of impotence and impasse set against the backdrop of cultural and personal narratives. I began the rolled series in 2006 as a way to reverse the relationship between paint and canvas. I view each individual unit as a scroll and the paint as the connective tissue, carefully measured across the edge or carelessly dabbed between the pencil lines of the once visible grid. I present my surfaces dry and hollow. Sculptures without an inside. Fragmented paintings and drawings. Matter situating performances. The act of making once a performance in itself. This series, now a persistent multiple, unites my practice into a kind of a whole. My materials vary but are mainly rooted in the painting and drawing traditions. Recently, I began to use cement. It is teaching me something about time through color. It is propelling the series into the architectural terrain, the incompatible marriage of textile with concrete informing a new and dusty vision of work that is yet to come.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381246736421-87GGHFWVZANJCYPVU7T6/RG.jpg to tear - Scraped Knees (8 panels, black on pink), 2008. 20.5 x 41.5 inches Nylon spandex and acrylic on boards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381247194246-VET2C5YBZQ7Q04X9Q19L/torn+Scraped+Knees+%28tan%2C+diptych%29+v1.jpg to tear - Scraped Knees (tan on white diptych), 2007 10 x 10.5 inches Nylon spandex and acrylic on boards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381246693170-V2QB7RZOZ1UXUZTX81RF/21.jpg to tear - Untitled (seams), 2007 10 x 10.5 inches Nylon spandex on boards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381246700990-G8BSSL7FXZQ8OJS585YX/blg+on+grey.jpg to tear - Untitled (black on grey diptych, stretched), 2007 12 x 12 inches Nylon spandex and acrylic on boards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1381246837188-N461F2W0KP4CTU85CXF2/lime+knee+highs.jpg to tear - Untitled (4 panels, black on lime green, stretched), 2007 20 x 20 inches Nylon spandex and acrylic on boards https://www.liliyalifanova.com/updatesnews daily 0.75 2016-03-05 https://www.liliyalifanova.com/updatesnews/2015/8/24/glzbpdrw2w2rqp2lsoawjo9uk89kq8 monthly 0.5 2026-02-04 https://www.liliyalifanova.com/about daily 0.75 2016-02-27 https://www.liliyalifanova.com/about/2014/2/26/js4859zi9fczm0xcr6eaedi3g6se8p monthly 0.5 2024-06-30 https://www.liliyalifanova.com/rumour-from-ground-control daily 0.75 2024-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1446400010134-T49UPDIBIC64JM4AVPO9/johncurrystudio-002WEB.jpg rumour from ground control RUMOUR FROM GROUND CONTROL (exhibited from September 9 - October 18, 2015 at Rooster Gallery, Lower East Side, NYC) "This exhibition is a compilation of works relating to Lifanova’s progression between the years 2011 and 2015, during which time the artist traveled to and lived throughout Europe and Central Asia. The title borrows from David Bowie’s Ashes to Ashes, which reports on Major Tom, a figure introduced on an earlier album who travels to the far reaches of space in a tin can. This character’s solitary departure into unknown and uncharted territory runs parallel to Lifanova’s recent artistic journey, exploring new mediums and inventing startling new methods to create her work. The sculptures included in Rumour from Ground Control introduce intricate tensions between a sense of uncertainty and groundedness, held in balance by echos of the artist's previous series and ideas. Several pieces in the show can be traced to Lifanova’s Rolled series--delicately rolled pieces of paper, canvas or fabric arranged into patterned compositions--a body of work that first emerged in 2006. These works contribute to the rhythm of the exhibition, set by repeating units and symbols, and amplified by sculptures, installed in a yin-yang arrangement, setting up a kind of game between sameness and difference. Ceramic “chevaux de frise” (modeled after Czech hedgehogs, used as a defense in WWII), ceramic sticks and "flags" made of heavy parchment meters in lengths, further this play in opposites and contribute to the pretend quality of the objects as their function is unequivocally and undeniably compromised by both material and scale. In conflict with their implied military purpose, these sculptures, among others in her installation, oscillate between being an aerial view and a direct engagement with the spectator's body as each piece, scaled both up and down from its referent, measures itself against human proportions. Lifanova’s practice is fertile with contradictions, where the artist’s truth and its immediate refusal live side-by-side in a precise equilibrium held in balance by a predominance of control. The work’s martial aesthetic is often challenged by its fragile nature, thus imbuing these carefully crafted objects with a quality of humanness." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1446400010134-T49UPDIBIC64JM4AVPO9/johncurrystudio-002WEB.jpg rumour from ground control RUMOUR FROM GROUND CONTROL (exhibited from September 9 - October 18, 2015 at Rooster Gallery, Lower East Side, NYC) "This exhibition is a compilation of works relating to Lifanova’s progression between the years 2011 and 2015, during which time the artist traveled to and lived throughout Europe and Central Asia. The title borrows from David Bowie’s Ashes to Ashes, which reports on Major Tom, a figure introduced on an earlier album who travels to the far reaches of space in a tin can. This character’s solitary departure into unknown and uncharted territory runs parallel to Lifanova’s recent artistic journey, exploring new mediums and inventing startling new methods to create her work. The sculptures included in Rumour from Ground Control introduce intricate tensions between a sense of uncertainty and groundedness, held in balance by echos of the artist's previous series and ideas. Several pieces in the show can be traced to Lifanova’s Rolled series--delicately rolled pieces of paper, canvas or fabric arranged into patterned compositions--a body of work that first emerged in 2006. These works contribute to the rhythm of the exhibition, set by repeating units and symbols, and amplified by sculptures, installed in a yin-yang arrangement, setting up a kind of game between sameness and difference. Ceramic “chevaux de frise” (modeled after Czech hedgehogs, used as a defense in WWII), ceramic sticks and "flags" made of heavy parchment meters in lengths, further this play in opposites and contribute to the pretend quality of the objects as their function is unequivocally and undeniably compromised by both material and scale. In conflict with their implied military purpose, these sculptures, among others in her installation, oscillate between being an aerial view and a direct engagement with the spectator's body as each piece, scaled both up and down from its referent, measures itself against human proportions. Lifanova’s practice is fertile with contradictions, where the artist’s truth and its immediate refusal live side-by-side in a precise equilibrium held in balance by a predominance of control. The work’s martial aesthetic is often challenged by its fragile nature, thus imbuing these carefully crafted objects with a quality of humanness." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1446399757597-JDF1WQ1NURPNGSHNW7QJ/johncurrystudio-007WEB.jpg rumour from ground control - Untitled v. 2 (stacks with straps), 2015 Canvas, cement, acrylic. 30.5 x 5 x 2 inches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1445997512051-EZPECDJHME45QRSXTW6X/johncurrystudio-036WEB.jpg rumour from ground control - Untitled v. 1 (stacks with straps) detail, 2015 Canvas, cement, acrylic. 30.5 x 5 x 2 inches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1446400461786-R51XJ3VRNHMKHFGPZJU0/johncurrystudio-006WEB.jpg rumour from ground control - Untitled v. 2 (rolled, canvas, cement 01, 02, 03), 2015 Canvas, cement, acrylic medium, wood. 26 x 24 x 16 inches / 19.25 x 23.5 x 34.25 inches / 18.25 x 29.5 x 59.5 inches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1445997488440-SYIIH35PJDOLRU9WXCVG/johncurrystudio-012WEB.jpg rumour from ground control - Untitled (cheval de frise), 2015 Ceramic. 9.25 x 9.25 x 9.25 inches Ed. 20 (+ 1 A.P. + 4 H.C.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1445997509519-IWGR1RQRMEG1HPYVMMGV/johncurrystudio-035WEB.jpg rumour from ground control - Untitled v. 2 (2 piles), 2015 Ceramic, cement, aluminum, acrylic medium. 22 x 24 x 2.5 inches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1445997475389-SFUCZWTSD873XHYWH1YY/johncurrystudio-004WEB.jpg rumour from ground control https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1445997500750-6Y3XVU96S1EI6TQ4T8J4/johncurrystudio-027WEB.jpg rumour from ground control - Untitled v. 1 (rolled, canvas, cement 02, 03) detail, 2015 Canvas, cement, acrylic medium.     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1446400887956-E6Y85JJGDTH7UJX16DEN/johncurrystudio-039WEB.jpg rumour from ground control - Untitled v. 1 (stacks with straps), 2015 Canvas, cement, acrylic. 30.5 x 5 x 2 inches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1445997523708-00KBXG9Q9BI0BNE0CIN7/johncurrystudio-053WEB.jpg rumour from ground control https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1445997523328-YGZATYB9NG7L1Q2PCEQN/johncurrystudio-050WEB.jpg rumour from ground control - Untitled (flag 961”) detail, 2015 Wood, parchment almost paper, ink, acrylic spray paint. Variable dimensions. 961 x 30 inches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5220e85de4b01364058ad9c7/1445997519254-U8W25GMRKDKGSK2B5LSN/johncurrystudio-048WEB.jpg rumour from ground control - Untitled (sticks, x”), 2015 Ceramic. 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