Extraordinary Art from Places Less Explored
TOMA STENKO | HOW LOVE FEELS
An exhibition about love, at a time when we need it most
by guest artist Toma Stenko
You can’t come to us, so we bring the exhibition to you. Explore Toma Stenko’s extraordinary artworks about love over two floors of London’s historic Elms Lester Painting Rooms, a venue built in 1906 to create stage set designs for West End theatres. Please scroll down for videos taking you on a Walk Through the Gallery, an Interview with Toma Stenko, and a short film about her by the renown Georgian filmmaker, Irakli Kvirikadze.
Artworks are available. Price on Application.
Romantic, sexual, maternal, forbidden, self, broken and new – love is a roller-coaster of emotions that we all share. In this stunning exhibition of new works, premiered by us in London, Toma Stenko shares her exploration of what love means to her – the family, the couple, a mother keeping her baby close and a boy watching his mother are all portrayed in a kaleidoscope of colour.
But it’s not all sweetness, the viewer walks away with a bittersweet feeling – is love really all rainbows? This exhibition exposes the darker side – the censored, the oppressive and the betrayed. These are immensely powerful works.
Toma Stenko (b. 1980) is a Georgian-born artist, film director, and fashion designer who is a graduate of St Martin’s. Her work receives praise and a flourishing audience whenever it is exhibited. This is her first London exhibition.
EXHIBITION EXPERIENCE … An interview with Toma Stenko and an overview of her extraordinary exhibition about love. Experience the paintings from the standpoint of their creator.
GALLERY WALK - a stroll through London’s historic Elms Lester Painting Rooms and Toma Stenko’s great art.
A SHORT FILM ABOUT TOMA STENKO by the renown Georgian filmmaker and script writer, Irakli Kvirikadze
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Extraordinary Art from Places Less Explored
Katrine Levin Galleries is not a place, it is a destination. We focus on a select few extraordinary artists from places less explored. Discover their art and the cultures and stories that inspire them.
Artworks shown on our website are available unless marked as sold. Price on application.
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A dual master of figurative and abstract, Dideba (Georgian, b. 1968) paints in the Renaissance imprimatura technique - also used by Leonardo Da Vinci. Feeling his hand guided by the Old Masters, he populates his magical worlds by nuanced characters in mystical places and times.
Chen Li (Chinese, b. 1971) is a master painter and woodblock printmaker whose work has been acquired and exhibited by The British Museum. With boundless originality, depth of scope, and constant innovation Chen Li creates a unique visual language that melds East and West.
Levan Lagidze is one of Georgia's greatest living artists. In this video, we visit his studio in Tbilisi and cover the extraordinary "Bach Exercises" series of exhibitions in London and New York. Stay tuned for his return to London with all new works in 2020.
HIGHLIGHTS: “BACH EXERCISES” LONDON 2018