"Emily Kraus: Nest Time @ The Sunday Painter" by Carolina Lorenzini

Nest Time is Emily Kraus’ first solo show at The Sunday Painter. The exhibition features the new body of work of the artist, who, after showcasing her first collection of stochastic paintings, has clearly evolved her creative practice into something wholly unique and authentic to her artistic identity.

Large-scale paintings dominate the walls of the gallery, offering an immersive experience for the viewer. Upon entering the exhibition, the initial feeling that greets the viewer is a desire to comprehend how these pieces were created.

Although the paintings bear similar syncopated, pulsating forms, each possesses a unique character and, more importantly, communicates a different distinctive emotion. As a result, it’s challenging to think of how they have been made and how the artist conceived their nature. Emily's practice arose out of necessity but evolved in response to the nature of contingency. In reaction to a very small room she was assigned to during college, she started thinking of a way to arrange the tiny space to be free to move and work spontaneously.

Thanks to her creative proactivity, the small room she was assigned to turned out to be a strength rather than a weakness. That’s where she invented a machine that could allow her to approach the canvas uniquely. Instead of acting manually on it with paint and brushes, she built a cubic structure where she arranged a canvas loop. Once the canvas starts rotating on the loop, the quantity of paint instantly occupies the material. As a result, it expands naturally, giving life to rhythmic vibrations of colour that assume the shape of magnetic waves and fluctuations.

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