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“Backward Tongues”
2021
Mason stains, underglaze and glaze on hand built porcelain
8 x 13 inches
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“I draw and make sculptures that allude to processes found in nature such as hidden workings of the body and other areas of biology. I weave these organic elements with my own thoughts and memories of my childhood, creating a system of narrative vignettes. Drawing has become an essential way for me to navigate between my disjunctive thought, memories and abstract associations to discover new vocabulary. My most recent work takes this approach even further, since I’ve been coping with my five year-old daughter’s epilepsy. Seeing the world through the lens of her illness allows me to connect to the complexity of her developing mind. Five years ago I started using porcelain to sculpt discrete objects and groupings of interconnected objects that originate from my drawings…” —Darina Karpov, 2022
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DETAILS: “Backward Tongues”
2021
Mason stains, underglaze and glaze on hand built porcelain
8 x 13 inches
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Right:
“Tête-a-tête,”
2021
Mason stains, underglaze and glaze on hand built porcelain
13 x 11 inches
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Left:
“Striding figure”
2021
Underglaze, glaze mason stains on porcelain,
8 x 7 x 2 inches each
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Left:
“Routes of Transmission”
2022
Mason stains, underglaze, glaze, epoxy resin, porcelain
31 x 23 inches
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DETAIL: “Routes of Transmission”
2022
Mason stains, underglaze, glaze, epoxy resin, porcelain
31 x 23 inches
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“Orb with relief”
2022
Mason stains, underglaze on porcelain
9.5 x 9.5 inches
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Darina Karpov is a member of the first generation of contemporary artists to emerge from Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Born in St. Petersburg and trained at the Moscow Institute of Technology, she attended the Maryland Institute College of Art before receiving an MFA from Yale University. Her works have been included in exhibitions at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Neuberger Museum, and the DeCordova Museum. Her work is included in numerous public and private collections including Princeton University Art Museum, Zabludowicz Trust (London), among others. She is a recipient of a 2011 Leon Levy Foundation Grant, a 2009 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, and a 2008 National Academy William Paton Prize. She has been awarded residencies and fellowships at MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, Ucross Foundation, and two printmaking residencies at the Lower East Side Print Shop. Her work was featured in Frozen Dreams: Contemporary Art from Russia, by Hossein Amirsadeghi (Thames & Hudson). She currently lives and works in Brooklyn and upstate, NY.