Ella Kruglyanskaya

At the Tramway in Glasgow, Scotland

Above: Bathers (2006), by Ella Kruglyanskaya. Courtesy the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise New York/Rome. Home page/Art page: Fruit Picnic (2011), by Ella Kruglyanskaya. Courtesy the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise New York/Rome.

BY: Howard Karren

Ella Kruglyanskaya’s paintings look at women in a way that subverts the male gaze. She uses bright, saturated colors and depicts women as friends interrelating, their bodies strong and clothed. And while she uses traditional techniques, such as egg tempera paints, and draws figures in a style that references Etruscan wall painting, German Expressionism and mid-century pop culture, she always creates dramatic tension on her own unique terms. Born in Latvia in 1978, based in New York, Kruglyanskaya recently had her first museum exhibition ever at the Tate Liverpool, in parallel with the museum’s “Francis Bacon: Invisible Rooms” show. Through December 11 it will be on view at the Tramway in Glasgow. Here, PROVOKR presents highlights for members to enjoy.

 

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Untitled (Miami II) (2013), by Ella Kruglyanskaya. Courtesy the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise New York/Rome.

 

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Gossip Girls (2010), by Ella Kruglyanskaya. Courtesy the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise New York/Rome.

 

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Girl With Sunglasses (2008), by Ella Kruglyanskaya. Courtesy the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise New York/Rome.

 

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Fruit Picnic (2011), by Ella Kruglyanskaya. Courtesy the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise New York/Rome.

 

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Bathers (2006), by Ella Kruglyanskaya. Courtesy the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise New York/Rome.

 

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