Arab News – Elemental Forms at the Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art
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A constellation of artworks pays tribute to the night in Riyadh, article in the Arab News on a curated exhibition at the Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art featuring 30 international artists, including Nadezda Nikolova.
“Artist Nadezda Nikolova has moved to drawing landscapes after having photographed them for so long… Her Elemental Forms uses paper masks, brushes and various manipulations via the early photographic collodion process to transfigure the images of a mysterious nature.”
She said: “The night is never devoid of a source of light, and within that there’s a sense of safety that we can trust — that we’re not alone. It’s a time of dreams and visions, and a time where you can open your aperture and look towards the cosmos and connect to that sense of a larger reality and we’re part of it.”
She celebrates her intimate bond with nature by using it as a source of inspiration. “Nature has purity, and it is so much easier to connect with that source than, for example, an urban space,” she explained.
