Ustina Yakovleva

Lives and works in Moscow, Russia

Artist statement

A large part of my practice is informed by graphic works consisting of identical individual strokes creating abstract compositions. A kind of automatic writing binding time into material form. Works in other media follow similar principles - embroideries evolving into organic structures, often unpredictable at their inception, fabric sculptures grow to resemble continents or icebergs, or possibly electronic circuits rooted in empty air. Some projects I develop are figurative, representing images or landscapes, my practice aims to reveal the peculiarities of these landscapes, depending on objective and subjective factors. Creating works without sketches, I am interested in self-forming composition as part of my process; drawing develops as a living organism, taking new forms throughout the work. Individual elements construct larger structures, like the atoms and cells construct the objects around us.

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