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Artwork details
- Medium : Oil on Cardboard
- Other details : Artwork on cardboard. Artwork framed.
- Dimensions : 19.7x29.5in
About this artwork
Originally conceived in 2011 as a classical study of form, this work underwent a conceptual transformation in 2025 through the experience of my performance art practice. The introduction of an inflatable balloon turns a static space into a zone of uncertainty. It occupies the volume, concealing the familiar: is there anything inside, or is it merely an imitation of lightness? The balloon exists for but a moment before the all-too-familiar sound of…
a burst. It is a visualization of transience, where nothing is permanent.
The work was featured in my solo exhibition "Nothing Constant" (2026) at Veles Art Gallery (Lviv, Ukraine). It captures the fragile boundary between presence and sudden disappearance, between a threat and the artifice of stability.
The work was featured in my solo exhibition "Nothing Constant" (2026) at Veles Art Gallery (Lviv, Ukraine). It captures the fragile boundary between presence and sudden disappearance, between a threat and the artifice of stability.
Yaryna Shumska
Ukraine
Credentials
- Experienced Artist
- Prizewinner
- Residency Participant
- Covered by the Press
- Favorited by galleries
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
« I work with painting, performance art, installation, and dance. I'm interested in the research of spaces with human presence and looking for situations that reveal dual reality and ambiguity. »
Yaryna Shumska is a multidisciplinary artist whose work bridges the gap between performance and abstract painting, creating what she calls an "archive of action."
She is a prize-winning Ukrainian artist whose works have been widely exhibited on a national level, as well as in Poland, France, Spain and the United States. Her artistic geography is truly global, ranging from the Venice International Performance Art Week and Tokyo to Bangkok, Barcelona, and the Arctic Action in Svalbard. A significant place in her practice is occupied by abstract painting from the 2008–2020 period, which served as a foundation for exploring the canvas as a space for "inhabiting" action. In these works, color and texture function not merely as visual elements, but as mediums for internal rhythm and energy. These canvases laid the groundwork for her current practice, where painting is transformed into a direct imprint of physical presence.
She is a prize-winning Ukrainian artist whose works have been widely exhibited on a national level, as well as in Poland, France, Spain and the United States. Her artistic geography is truly global, ranging from the Venice International Performance Art Week and Tokyo to Bangkok, Barcelona, and the Arctic Action in Svalbard. A significant place in her practice is occupied by abstract painting from the 2008–2020 period, which served as a foundation for exploring the canvas as a space for "inhabiting" action. In these works, color and texture function not merely as visual elements, but as mediums for internal rhythm and energy. These canvases laid the groundwork for her current practice, where painting is transformed into a direct imprint of physical presence.