Wearing your art on your sleeve

A body of work that is ancient and primitive, yet innovative and avant-garde, will always be timeless and relevant. Apparently circumnavigating the limitations of current aesthetic propensities in the art world, Kseniya Nelasova—painter and textile artist—unites the canvas and the art to create a natural relationship between form and function.

This is the formula by which aleatoric art eliminates the possibility of being pretentious, which is a primary factor in its appeal. References to tribal African art, ancient Egyptian relics, animal pelt apparel of the Andes and Tibet, right along with modern high fashion and a touch of art deco, give Nelasova's work a cross-cultural appeal by speaking the universal language of metaphor that is the basis of all forms of art at its highest level.

Weaving the fabric of time into an infinite circle by invoking spirits of antiquity while maintaining a prophetic vision is the basis of a phenomenon that has historically brought about the transfiguration of folk craft to the higher spiritual station of fine art. Kseniya Nelasova offers us a literal example of that phenomenon in effect.