The abstract paintings of emerging artist Aelita Andre have people in Australia's art world talking. Aelita is two (the works were painted when she was even younger). Here's what happened:
In October, Mark Jamieson, the director of Brunswick Street Gallery in Melbourne's Fitzroy, was asked by a Russian-born photographer whose work he represented to consider the work of another artist.This has me looking at my daughter's 2nd-grade crayon-resist homage to Joan Miró (which is framed and hangs above my desk at work) in an entirely new light.
Nikka Kalashnikova showed Jamieson some abstract paintings by an artist named Aelita Andre; Jamieson liked what he saw and agreed to include it in a group show, alongside work by Kalashnikova and Julia Palenov at his gallery later this month.
Jamieson then started to promote the show, printing glossy invitations and placing ads in the magazines Art Almanac and Art Collector, featuring the abstract work. Only then did he discover a crucial fact about the new artist: Aelita Andre is Kalashnikova's daughter, and then she was just 22 months old. She turns two tomorrow.
"I was shocked and, to be honest, a little embarrassed," Jamieson said, but he decided to proceed with the exhibition.
1 comments:
So many people dismiss childrens art as scribbles. I have been drawing since the age of 4, started with shape people and now do full detailed portraits. People were an important subject for me so I stuck with it. I may not be famous but art bring joy to me and the subjects I draw.
This little girl is blessed that her youthful missims can be communicated through art. We lose the childhood prespective as we grow up, the engery and exsuberance fades. I think her parents are right to allow her to explore her creative side as long as she is exposed to other subjects too. Its a great possibility the interest she has now may wane. Bank the money for her art school education folks and let Aelita decide for herself in time.
Post a Comment