Cultural Magazine El Sismógrafo
October 2003 - Krista Oravec
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Krista Oravec is a young
digital American artist. Born in 1971 i Detroit, Michigan, she studied
Arts, Communications Theory and Research Methods at the Pennsylvania State
University. She is a member of the International Art Collective, Barcelona,
Spain and the
Texas Photographic Society,
San Antonio, TX.
She is also represented
in the catalogue of the Photographer's Forum "Best of Photography Annual
2001" in which she was Color Finalist and "Best of Photography Annual 2000"
in which she was Black and White Finalist.
She has many exhibitions
in her curriculum, as well as group shows as solo shows, and she is often
featured in the Galeria d'Art Zero in Barcelona.
Krista Oravec on her work:
All my work begins in the
camera. I frequently experiment with various darkroom techniques, in order
to transcend the sometimes mundane reality of life. I enjoy using split-toning,
polaroid film manipulations, and other techniques that seem to breathe
new life into my black and white originals.
When we photograph, we do
more than simply record reality. It is my intention to make the mundane
lovely, to make my audience take note of simple things. Otherwise, we may
not notice the beauty in every day existence.
Her Technique:
When she works, Oravec almost
exclusively begins with black and white negatives that she processes herself.
She carries her camera with her almost everywhere, and she feels attracted
by inanimate objects. She also photographs candid portraits of people quite
often.
She makes copy slides of
black and white prints, and uses them to project onto Polaroid peel apart
film in her enlarger. The resulting cyan hue is from printing the black
and white slide onto the color Polaroid film and then transferring the
Polaroid negative onto watercolor paper. She occasionally havsused silk,
which gives a monochromatic result.
Critic:
As well with her black and
white tones as with her soft acquarell tones, this talented artist achieves
a marvellous effect. She does not, however, conform with the classical
photography, as she "re-creates" the images, giving them an intrinsic,
spontaneous and authentic value. This re-creation of the daily images gives
places to a communication, very subtle but at the ame time intense, with
the viewer. The person that opens herself to the language of these images,
when contemplating them, will after a few times feel a deeper communication,
a harmonious experience.
Who knows how to appreciate
beauty, will very much enjoy the works of Krista Oravec in his/her daily
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Solo Shows:
2003 Artpoints-The Gallery
Spanish Levante Coast
June 2003 Galeria d'Art
Zero Barcelona, Spain
February 2001-- Figurative
Landscapes Galeria d'Art Zero Barcelona, Spain
Group Shows:
November 2003- Fotoshow
Madrid, Spain
March 2003 Silver Eye Center
for Photography Members' Gallery Pittsburgh, PA
December 2002- Mind, Machine
& the Light Fantastic Agora Gallery New York, New York
July 2002- Prints Without
Borders Galeria d'Art Zero Barcelona, Spain
2002- Artpoints The
Gallery
June 2002- Up to Kavipankki
Kavipankki Gallery Jamsa, Finland
January 2002- The Day After
Galeria d'Art Zero Barcelona, Spain
November 2001- Small=Big
Galeria d'Art Zero Barcelona, Spain
May/June 2001- Summer 2001
Galeria d'Art Zero Barcelona, Spain
November 2000- Image 2000
ArtCentre of Plano Plano, Texas, U.S.A.
July 2000- Art In Direct,
Worldbit Galeria d'Art Zero Barcelona, Spain
May 2000- The American Digital
Arts Festival Melbourne, Florida, U.S.A.
April 2000- Millennial Images
Bradley University Peoria, Illinois, U.S.A.
Her works will be exhibited
from the 9th october in the Reading Cafe Parnasso - C/ Passatge - Elche.
The vernissage of this exhibition
will take place the same day at 21h. Entrance is free. |
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