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VERA TATARO

Lives and works in Prague, Czech Republic
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Born and living in Prague, Czech Republic. Her artistic practice is The world of her paintings is simultaneously disorienting and inviting.
based on combinations and permutations of color, which underline the Each painting bears her lustrous style; however, the mood conveyed in
very themes of the paintings. Vera achieves a vision of specificity and each is strikingly its own. Her work makes it clear that it is still possible
inevitability in her canvases. Although her practice remains a constant, to establish a relevant, compelling, personal poetics of visual expres-
each of her paintings has its own unique fundamental logic. In addi- sion in a traditional medium. I always charge my paintings with a posi-
tion to their engagement with formal questions, Vera¹s paintings tend tive energy. I always tell a story. But still, I like to leave a door open for
to involve themselves in narratives of ambiguity, where the final word a viewer’s imagination, so he can enter the worlds in my paintings and
about the work¹s content is left in the hands (which is to say, eyes) of create his own stories. I always paint in such a way to create not just
the spectator. In the artist¹s opinion, the success of a painting is com- a decorative piece of art. My paintings are a communication device
mensurate with the degree of participation it exacts from the viewer. conveying to the viewer a message that is incommunicable with words.

SECRET, 2004 ACRYLICS ON CANVAS 32X28 IN. / 80×70 CM.. 
 MY FOREST, 2002 ACRYLICS ON CANVAS 32X55 IN. / 80×140 CM.

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