Having come of age in post-Soviet Russia, before later moving to America, Anastasia Samoylova developed a long-standing fascination with the economy of images. Intrigued by the relationship between reality and its pictorial representations, Adaptation unites six of the artist’s most engaging series and is a testament to Samoylova’s expansive, inquisitive gaze.
Samoylova deftly fuses these themes through her masterful interpretation of colour, bringing that which might otherwise pass by unnoticed to the forefront of the page. Revealing the drama and absurdity of the everyday while weaving together strands of Constructivism, Cubism, Pop, and Modernism, Samoylova’s arresting colour palettes transform floating couches, towering billboards, and dilapidated roads into images both alluring and menacing.
Specification
305 × 245mm224 pages
Hardcover
Signed and numbered print
Text paper 157gsm OJI Zunma matt art paper
Case bound and covered in real cloth
Frontboard blocked in pink foil
Clamshell covered in real cloth
Blind debossed lid
Ribbon pull