Discover the creation in interiors
Artwork details
- Medium : Collage, Pastel on Paper
- Framing : Framing on request
- Dimensions : 8.3x8.3in
About this artwork
In the summer of 2023, I left for the countryside to finish the unfinished work. Last year, I discovered a huge amount of work that has been started but not completed since 2002. This series is dedicated to works up to 2011. In 2012, I came up with the world of Transaction Art, everything has changed now: the signature on the works, style, employs form, color, composition and I. At the time, my signature was like a capital A, a truncated version…
of the Star of David. 2011 - before Transaction Art. 2012 - era Transaction Art.
It's important, In the career of an artist, adhere to one particular style of art. The works drawn up to 2012 consist of creative experiments, the details of which from 2012 will become recognisable details of the Transaction Art.
By finishing the abandoned drawings, started 15 years ago, I got the freedom to experiment creatively. After all, they were made before Transaction Art.
It's important, In the career of an artist, adhere to one particular style of art. The works drawn up to 2012 consist of creative experiments, the details of which from 2012 will become recognisable details of the Transaction Art.
By finishing the abandoned drawings, started 15 years ago, I got the freedom to experiment creatively. After all, they were made before Transaction Art.
Leni Smoragdova
Georgia
Credentials
- International Exposure
- Experienced Artist
- Art Fair Participant
- Favorited by galleries
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
« I call my art ideas "Transaction Art". »
Leni Smoragdova {$M}
Conceptual Artist | Creator of the Transaction Art Universe
My practice interrogates the fragile architectures of identity, memory, and value in a hyper-surveilled world. At its core lies the Transaction Art Universe (2012–Present)—an evolving system where art emerges from bureaucratic seams, digital fractures, and anonymized collective acts.
Key Pillars:
▸ Anonymity as Resistance
3,214+ collaborators surrender authorship under binding NDAs, creating a hive of contested narratives.
▸ The Aesthetics of Failure
Glitches, erased data, and legal voids are not metaphors—they are the medium.
▸ Art as Legal Fiction
Each piece exists as both artifact and contract, challenging ownership’s boundaries.
For Collectors:
Acquiring a Transaction Art work means investing in a living system. Whether a notarized glitch-print, performance relic, or cryptographic document, you become custodian of an ongoing experiment where art and transaction collapse into one.