KATYA LEONOVICH
NEW YORK CITY
SERIES

“There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless” Simone Beauvoir Never stopping movement and monumental stillness. Deep, yet vital darkness and inspiring light. Breathtaking majesty and suffocating everyday traffic. West and East. The City of New York.

Katya Leonovich’s New York City series are composed of two very different parts: “Movement” and “Look Up”. Both are dedicated to New York City, where artist currently lives, and to the life as such with its flow, speed and heritage.

“New York City Movement” series, is telling the story of life as a tunnel. A tunnel always giving an anticipation of a light in the end, but its darkness is an actual saturated richness of our lives. Lives that are constant progress and movement towards that light. In a view of Leonovich, New York with its “tunnels” between concrete walls of buildings and open spaces full of light, flooded with endless motion of cars and people is the perfect scene to express the flow of life. City that never sleeps. Never stops. Moving faster. Faster. Details behind the car window are not so clear anymore, smeared. But you just keep on. Where are you rushing to?

In “ Look Up” series artist is taking a closer look to the architectural miracles of older New York, reflecting influence of Paris in some parts, Rome and Vienna in others and many other cultures from all over the world that are united in this city. Leonovich calls New York - a modern Babylon, an intersection of different worlds, traditions and trends. All it takes to see another side of this city is to distract from shop windows and look up, up to the buildings and listen to their frozen music.

Certification of Authenticity: “New York City” series is guaranteed a one-of-a-kind limited edition acrylic on canvas by Katya Leonovich. Each individual piece is exclusive in its entirety, and are unique artefacts bound only to its holder. Duplication of these works is non-existent.