THE DREAM OF REASON
DARIA DMYTRENKO
Curated by Edoardo Monti
NOVO - EDUARDO SECCI FIRENZE
Florence, from September 16 to November 19, 2022
Opening: Friday, September 16, 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
Exhibition walkthrough video available online
Exhibition view, The Dream of Reason, Daria Dmytrenko, 2022, NOVO Firenze, Photo Stefano Maniero, Courtesy the artist and NOVO - Eduardo Secci, Florence, Milan
NOVO is pleased to announce the first solo show “The Dream of Reason” by Daria Dmytrenko, curated by Edoardo Monti in the experimental space of Eduardo Secci gallery in Florence from September 16 to November 19, 2022.
“The Dream of Reason” brings together a new corpus of works on linen canvas and wooden board, in which painting is pivotal. Furthermore, on this occasion, the gallery starts representing the artist.
Navigating through the river mythologies of the places of origin, childhood memories and geographies of the present, Daria Dmytrenko explores the subconscious through veils of color and a palette of intense tones. "The creative process is sacred, almost mystical: a sort of meditation, a subconscious flow within which painting tries to find balance and bring silence. In the act of painting, an infallible methodology is discovered, the aim of which is to obtain memories. Finding while creating.” in the words of the curator Edoardo Monti.
“The Dream of Reason” retraces the artistic path of Daria Dmytrenko, constituting a moment of synthesis of the research carried out so far, as well as a starting point for the next one.
The exhibition walkthrough video with the artist will be online at www.novo.ooo/exhibitions.
Daria Dmytrenko, Le cascate, le grotte, il giorno e la notte, 2022, oil on linen, 200 x 170 cm (78.7 x 66.9 in), Photo Stefano Maniero, Courtesy the artist and NOVO - Eduardo Secci, Florence, Milan
The Dream of Reason - Daria Dmytrenko
Curatorial text by Edoardo Monti
Daria Dmytrenko (1993, Ukraine) presents a new production of canvases and works on wood for her first solo exhibition at Eduardo Secci's NOVO in Florence.
We passionately observe the creatures within the canvases, and we want them to do the same with us. We feel strong emotions, an attractive revulsion, a reassuring terror. We take a break from scrolling other people’s images, as overwhelming and insatiable voyeurism. Subjects do not reveal themselves in their entirety on either the first or second or tenth glance. For each detail we catch, we lose another one. The invitation is to take a pause before these hazy clusters of color and to let our subconscious work.
It is precisely from Dmytrenko's subconscious, that every brushstroke originates to give both shape and context to a personal mythology. Looking for connections with ancient stories and fables is a futile attempt. We will find reminders and references within ourselves, within a collective memory called “Dreaming”. Dmytrenko generates a parallel timeline, drawing from memories shared by diverse peoples and generations, and from herself. Emotions, memories, dreams, and nightmares. All these personal memories are merged with folk tales, distorting time and rooting in the past, mutating through the present.
The creative process is sacred, almost mystical: a sort of meditation, a subconscious flow within each painting seeks to find a balance and to bring silence. While painting, an infallible methodology could be discovered, and the goal is to derive memories. Finding by creating.
We will never find one creature similar to another; in Dmytrenko's world, each one is profoundly unique, different. However, we find common ground in the palette, where forests of green, red and brown darkness form the background, from which organic tangles emerge. On one side the darkest corners of the mind, on the other, the monsters that populate it. But in order to face our fears, we follow the first rule par excellence: we should name it.
If we were to visualize an artist's studio with sketches, preparatory drawings, sketches, we would be out of the way. Improvisation is the preferred way to begin and complete a canvas, oil is the preferred medium, variable sizes, reclaimed wood or raw linen are the supports on which a never-ending tale takes shape. We are catapulted into a struggle, where the canvas is turned over and over, the shapes are constantly changing, the precarious colors are about to be distorted. The canvas is evolving, it is impossible to classify it as static, just as it is impossible to take a sharp photograph of a dream.
The conflict always appears in a controlled chaos, harmonious as a whole and balanced in relation to the body of works that seem to dialogue with each other, observing and judging us.
Daria Dmytrenko, Bronzeo, 2022, oil on linen, 150 x 120 cm (59 x 47.2 in), Photo Stefano Maniero, Courtesy the artist and NOVO - Eduardo Secci, Florence, Milan
Daria Dmytrenko (1993, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) lives and works in Venice. She is currently studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. Through the painting practice, the artist investigates the visual expression of the subconscious using intuitive impulses as a tool aimed at bringing out the deepest memories and then translating them into composition. Her work has been featured in exhibitions including Upon a Time, Eduardo Secci (Florence, 2022); Fluuuuuido, Cassina Projects (Milan, 2022); Degree Show II, Palazzo Monti (Brescia, 2021); Extra Ordinary, Vulcano agency, VEGA (Venice, 2020);103ma Collettiva Giovani Artisti, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Galleria di Piazza San Marco (Venice, 2020); Spin Off, Calle Lunga Santa Caterina (Venice, 2019); Speculum Mundi, Davide Gallo (Milan, 2018).
Edoardo Monti is the founder of Palazzo Monti in Brescia and curator.
Eduardo Secci is an Italian art gallery in Florence - where it was founded in 2013 - and Milan with two locations opened in 2021 and 2022. It presents a double program featuring the exhibitions of the main gallery and its independent experimental space NOVO.
NOVO Firenze
The Dream of Reason - Daria Dmytrenko, curated by Edoardo Monti
From September 16 to November 19, 2022
EDUARDO SECCI Firenze
Gio’ Pomodoro, critical text by Sergio Risaliti
From September 16 to December 23, 2022
Piazza Goldoni 2, Florence, Italy / +39 055 661356 / firenze@eduardosecci.com
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00 am - 1:30 pm / 2:30 - 7:00 pm; Opening: Friday, September 16, 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
NOVO Milano - Via Olmetto (NEW LOCATION)
David Schnell, curated by Pier Paolo Pancotto
From September 21 to November 11, 2022
EDUARDO SECCI Milano - Via Olmetto (NEW LOCATION)
Remains to be seen - Chris Soal
From September 21 to November 11, 2022
Via Olmetto 1, Milan, Italy / +39 02 38248728 / milano@eduardosecci.com
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00 am - 1:30 pm / 2:30 - 7:00 pm; Opening: Wednesday, September 21, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
EDUARDO SECCI Milano - Via Zenale
Michael Staniak
From September 23 to November 18, 2022
Harvest of Time - Monika Grzymala
From September 23 to November 18, 2022
Via Zenale 3, Milan, Italy / +39 02 38248728 / milano@eduardosecci.com
Hours: Monday - Friday, 10:00 am - 1:30 pm / 2:30 - 7:00 pm; Opening: Friday, September 23, 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
www.eduardosecci.com / gallery@eduardosecci.com
IG @eduardoseccigallery / FB @eduardoseccicontemporary
www.novo.ooo / hello@novo.ooo
IG @novo_projects / FB @NOVOprojects
Exhibition walkthroughs videos with artists and curators:
www.eduardosecci.com/exhibitions - www.novo.ooo/exhibitions
Press Office: THE KNACK STUDIO / Tamara Lorenzi
tamara@theknackstudio.com / +39 347 0712934
info@theknackstudio.com / www.theknackstudio.com
THE DREAM OF REASON
DARIA DMYTRENKO
Curated by Edoardo Monti
NOVO - EDUARDO SECCI FIRENZE
Florence, from September 16 to November 19, 2022
Opening: Friday, September 16, 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
Exhibition walkthrough video available online
Exhibition view, The Dream of Reason, Daria Dmytrenko, 2022, NOVO Firenze, Photo Stefano Maniero, Courtesy the artist and NOVO - Eduardo Secci, Florence, Milan
NOVO is pleased to announce the first solo show “The Dream of Reason” by Daria Dmytrenko, curated by Edoardo Monti in the experimental space of Eduardo Secci gallery in Florence from September 16 to November 19, 2022.
“The Dream of Reason” brings together a new corpus of works on linen canvas and wooden board, in which painting is pivotal. Furthermore, on this occasion, the gallery starts representing the artist.
Navigating through the river mythologies of the places of origin, childhood memories and geographies of the present, Daria Dmytrenko explores the subconscious through veils of color and a palette of intense tones. "The creative process is sacred, almost mystical: a sort of meditation, a subconscious flow within which painting tries to find balance and bring silence. In the act of painting, an infallible methodology is discovered, the aim of which is to obtain memories. Finding while creating.” in the words of the curator Edoardo Monti.
“The Dream of Reason” retraces the artistic path of Daria Dmytrenko, constituting a moment of synthesis of the research carried out so far, as well as a starting point for the next one.
The exhibition walkthrough video with the artist will be online at www.novo.ooo/exhibitions.
Daria Dmytrenko, Le cascate, le grotte, il giorno e la notte, 2022, oil on linen, 200 x 170 cm (78.7 x 66.9 in), Photo Stefano Maniero, Courtesy the artist and NOVO - Eduardo Secci, Florence, Milan
The Dream of Reason - Daria Dmytrenko
Curatorial text by Edoardo Monti
Daria Dmytrenko (1993, Ukraine) presents a new production of canvases and works on wood for her first solo exhibition at Eduardo Secci's NOVO in Florence.
We passionately observe the creatures within the canvases, and we want them to do the same with us. We feel strong emotions, an attractive revulsion, a reassuring terror. We take a break from scrolling other people’s images, as overwhelming and insatiable voyeurism. Subjects do not reveal themselves in their entirety on either the first or second or tenth glance. For each detail we catch, we lose another one. The invitation is to take a pause before these hazy clusters of color and to let our subconscious work.
It is precisely from Dmytrenko's subconscious, that every brushstroke originates to give both shape and context to a personal mythology. Looking for connections with ancient stories and fables is a futile attempt. We will find reminders and references within ourselves, within a collective memory called “Dreaming”. Dmytrenko generates a parallel timeline, drawing from memories shared by diverse peoples and generations, and from herself. Emotions, memories, dreams, and nightmares. All these personal memories are merged with folk tales, distorting time and rooting in the past, mutating through the present.
The creative process is sacred, almost mystical: a sort of meditation, a subconscious flow within each painting seeks to find a balance and to bring silence. While painting, an infallible methodology could be discovered, and the goal is to derive memories. Finding by creating.
We will never find one creature similar to another; in Dmytrenko's world, each one is profoundly unique, different. However, we find common ground in the palette, where forests of green, red and brown darkness form the background, from which organic tangles emerge. On one side the darkest corners of the mind, on the other, the monsters that populate it. But in order to face our fears, we follow the first rule par excellence: we should name it.
If we were to visualize an artist's studio with sketches, preparatory drawings, sketches, we would be out of the way. Improvisation is the preferred way to begin and complete a canvas, oil is the preferred medium, variable sizes, reclaimed wood or raw linen are the supports on which a never-ending tale takes shape. We are catapulted into a struggle, where the canvas is turned over and over, the shapes are constantly changing, the precarious colors are about to be distorted. The canvas is evolving, it is impossible to classify it as static, just as it is impossible to take a sharp photograph of a dream.
The conflict always appears in a controlled chaos, harmonious as a whole and balanced in relation to the body of works that seem to dialogue with each other, observing and judging us.
Daria Dmytrenko, Bronzeo, 2022, oil on linen, 150 x 120 cm (59 x 47.2 in), Photo Stefano Maniero, Courtesy the artist and NOVO - Eduardo Secci, Florence, Milan
Daria Dmytrenko (1993, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) lives and works in Venice. She is currently studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. Through the painting practice, the artist investigates the visual expression of the subconscious using intuitive impulses as a tool aimed at bringing out the deepest memories and then translating them into composition. Her work has been featured in exhibitions including Upon a Time, Eduardo Secci (Florence, 2022); Fluuuuuido, Cassina Projects (Milan, 2022); Degree Show II, Palazzo Monti (Brescia, 2021); Extra Ordinary, Vulcano agency, VEGA (Venice, 2020);103ma Collettiva Giovani Artisti, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Galleria di Piazza San Marco (Venice, 2020); Spin Off, Calle Lunga Santa Caterina (Venice, 2019); Speculum Mundi, Davide Gallo (Milan, 2018).
Edoardo Monti is the founder of Palazzo Monti in Brescia and curator.
Eduardo Secci is an Italian art gallery in Florence - where it was founded in 2013 - and Milan with two locations opened in 2021 and 2022. It presents a double program featuring the exhibitions of the main gallery and its independent experimental space NOVO.
NOVO Firenze
The Dream of Reason - Daria Dmytrenko, curated by Edoardo Monti
From September 16 to November 19, 2022
EDUARDO SECCI Firenze
Gio’ Pomodoro, critical text by Sergio Risaliti
From September 16 to December 23, 2022
Piazza Goldoni 2, Florence, Italy / +39 055 661356 / firenze@eduardosecci.com
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00 am - 1:30 pm / 2:30 - 7:00 pm; Opening: Friday, September 16, 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
NOVO Milano - Via Olmetto (NEW LOCATION)
David Schnell, curated by Pier Paolo Pancotto
From September 21 to November 11, 2022
EDUARDO SECCI Milano - Via Olmetto (NEW LOCATION)
Remains to be seen - Chris Soal
From September 21 to November 11, 2022
Via Olmetto 1, Milan, Italy / +39 02 38248728 / milano@eduardosecci.com
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00 am - 1:30 pm / 2:30 - 7:00 pm; Opening: Wednesday, September 21, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
EDUARDO SECCI Milano - Via Zenale
Michael Staniak
From September 23 to November 18, 2022
Harvest of Time - Monika Grzymala
From September 23 to November 18, 2022
Via Zenale 3, Milan, Italy / +39 02 38248728 / milano@eduardosecci.com
Hours: Monday - Friday, 10:00 am - 1:30 pm / 2:30 - 7:00 pm; Opening: Friday, September 23, 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
www.eduardosecci.com / gallery@eduardosecci.com
IG @eduardoseccigallery / FB @eduardoseccicontemporary
www.novo.ooo / hello@novo.ooo
IG @novo_projects / FB @NOVOprojects
Exhibition walkthroughs videos with artists and curators:
www.eduardosecci.com/exhibitions - www.novo.ooo/exhibitions
Press Office: THE KNACK STUDIO / Tamara Lorenzi
tamara@theknackstudio.com / +39 347 0712934
info@theknackstudio.com / www.theknackstudio.com
