Olga Kundina

Participated in the exhibition “Unrooted”, Binyamin Gallery

Curator: Julia Yablonsky

Kundina Olga | Waiter in Neve Shanan | 2016

21x29cm | Pencil, water colors | Photo Credit: Julia Yablonsky

Olga Kundina is a successor of the Post-Impressionist school and one of the founders of the New Barbizon group in 2011, a group that paved the way for the return of figurative modernism to the Israeli art scene. Kundina paints from direct observation, using a light, non-academic approach to drawing. She constructs compositions by abstracting objects into their geometric forms. She lives the life she paints, connecting with her subjects through the act of drawing.

Kundina’s works in the exhibition reflect her process of taking root in Israel and engage deeply with the artistic language of Pozdnyakova—in their aesthetics, themes, and painting techniques.