Statement

Conveying the sense of seeking the intangible and unattainable, a finely articulated game of belief construction is portrayed. Uncanny figures are seen transcending the everyday - engaging in ephemeral moments of magic, madness or miracle as they try to fill an unnamed loss.

Linda Lencovic

Selecting found images from photographs and videos Linda Lencovic presents figures that are in turn un-nerving and absurd, captured in the midst of performing enigmatic acts. Seeking the intangible they reveal uncanny instants of trying to connect to something larger than the day to day.

Working with carefully chosen snapshots of moments that can be read in both positive and negative ways, Lencovic requires the viewer to either accept the tensions exposed in the ambiguous moment, or choose their own interpretation.

These tensions are mirrored in shimmering, thin layers of lacquer-like oil, which simultaneously push back reality while representing it; ghostly shapes are both painted on and revealed through numerous layers and techniques which remove the paint and allow previous layers, and the plain white gesso of the board, to shine through.

In these works Lencovic weaves a luminous spell, compelling the viewer into a miraculous, often absurd dark world.