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Elena Lyakir Triptych, Feels Like Home. Bridgehampton, NY Photograph, 2016

Creator: Elena Lyakir
Offered by: Highland Park Modern

Description
Contemporary New York artist Elena Lyakir's Triptych, Feels Like Home. Bridgehampton NY, was photographed in 2016 and is part of her City Parks Romance Series. Elena composed in-camera double exposures of small pockets of nature, city parks and gardens, streets and even construction sites in and around inner cities to create immersive large-scale panoramas. The abstract visual quality of the double exposure technique echoes nature in constant flux – a result of the human influence on the environment and the age of Anthropocene. The project started in NYC has expanded to include other cities in the U.S. and around the globe. City Parks Romance illuminates random sights of vegetation as expansive and dreamy atmosphere of romance and nostalgia – sentiments we often feel for nature as a result of living in urban environments. This triptych is archival pigment print face-mounted onto 1/4” heavy matte acrylic with an aluminum back and French cleat for hanging. Measurements shown are for the triptych hung with one inch in between each photograph. It will ship directly from the artist's printmaking studio with a signed certificate of authenticity to the collector.

Artist's Biography:
Raised in communist Ukraine and influenced by mysticism and nostalgia of Soviet cinematography and literature, Elena developed a passion for photography as a young child. In 1990 she immigrated to rural U.S. with her family, seeking political asylum, and at 18 she arrived in New York City alone, impressionable, and adrift. Fascinated by the culture, energy, and ingenuity of the city, she first tried to make ends meet by working as a model and assisting photographers. In 1995 Elena found herself swept away by the vibrant avant-garde art scene of the Lower East Side and creating art became her passion and purpose. She started using large format and toy film cameras and eventually studied photography at MSFA but her unorthodox approach to the medium and adverse childhood experiences with oppressive authority in Ukraine impelled Elena to continue pursuing her art through independent studies and experimentation.

Elena’s work is included in private and corporate collections. She has exhibited in galleries and art fairs in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, London, Berlin, Paris, Lille, Sydney, and Istanbul and continues to produce commissioned work for collectors and boutique hospitality brands around the globe.

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