Maya Kulenovic
Encyclopedia
Maya Kulenovic is a Canadian artist
and painter
.
She lives and works in Toronto
, Canada. She has been exhibiting nationally and internationally since 1993.
She studied at Ontario College of Art and Design University in Toronto
, Canada
; Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul
, Turkey
; and Chelsea College of Art and Design
(University of the Arts London
) in London
, England
.
She is also an alumna of Goodenough College
in London, England.
A book about the work of Maya Kulenovic by Edward Lucie-Smith
in Dutch and English was published by d'jonge Hond in the Netherlands
in 2008.
"No-one could describe Maya Kulenovic's paintings as 'photographic', but their place in the realist tradition is nevertheless secure. Her work is realist in the way that Rembrandt and Goya are realist. They attempt to explore the essence of human existence, and often come up with uncomfortable truths. These truths are conveyed through paintings that fall into very specific categories, related to the old hierarchy of genres that was discarded by the pioneering Modernists, in Kulenovic's work we find still life paintings, portraits (of a sort), landscapes and architectural compositions"
"(about her portraits) .... the artist's preoccupation seems to be, not the creation of a likeness but the presentation of a psychological state.
When one looks at these (portraits), one realizes that they are in fact the key to Kulenovic's work considered as a whole. The still lifes, the architectural compositions, and the landscapes are also, in their essence, attempts to identify and present a particular state of being. This quality is what makes her work so haunting, and so unlike the work of any other artist of her generation that I can immediately think of."
http://catalog.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=1&ti=1,1&Search%5FArg=kulenovic&Search%5FCode=GKEY%5E&CNT=50&PID=LzeoZ6VcKYrS5SrDvz6jvpdVzE&SEQ=20100717134244&SID=1
Artist
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and painter
Painting
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.
She lives and works in Toronto
Toronto
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, Canada. She has been exhibiting nationally and internationally since 1993.
She studied at Ontario College of Art and Design University in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Canada
Canada
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; Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul
Istanbul
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, Turkey
Turkey
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; and Chelsea College of Art and Design
Chelsea College of Art and Design
Chelsea College of Art and Design, the erstwhile Chelsea School of Art, is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London, and is a leading British art and design institution with an international reputation...
(University of the Arts London
University of the Arts London
The University of the Arts London, formerly known as the London Institute, is a collegiate university comprising six internationally recognised art, design, fashion and media colleges in London, England...
) in London
London
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, England
England
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.
She is also an alumna of Goodenough College
Goodenough College
Goodenough College is a postgraduate residence and educational trust on Mecklenburgh Square in Bloomsbury, central London, England. Other names under which the College has been known are London House, William Goodenough House, and the London Goodenough Trust.-Profile:The College is an international...
in London, England.
A book about the work of Maya Kulenovic by Edward Lucie-Smith
Edward Lucie-Smith
John Edward McKenzie Lucie-Smith is a British writer, poet, art critic, curator, broadcaster and author of exhibition catalogues.-Biography:Lucie-Smith was born in Kingston, Jamaica, moving to the United Kingdom in 1946...
in Dutch and English was published by d'jonge Hond in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
in 2008.
Commentary
Edward Lucie-Smith wrote the following about Kulenovic's work:"No-one could describe Maya Kulenovic's paintings as 'photographic', but their place in the realist tradition is nevertheless secure. Her work is realist in the way that Rembrandt and Goya are realist. They attempt to explore the essence of human existence, and often come up with uncomfortable truths. These truths are conveyed through paintings that fall into very specific categories, related to the old hierarchy of genres that was discarded by the pioneering Modernists, in Kulenovic's work we find still life paintings, portraits (of a sort), landscapes and architectural compositions"
"(about her portraits) .... the artist's preoccupation seems to be, not the creation of a likeness but the presentation of a psychological state.
When one looks at these (portraits), one realizes that they are in fact the key to Kulenovic's work considered as a whole. The still lifes, the architectural compositions, and the landscapes are also, in their essence, attempts to identify and present a particular state of being. This quality is what makes her work so haunting, and so unlike the work of any other artist of her generation that I can immediately think of."
http://catalog.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=1&ti=1,1&Search%5FArg=kulenovic&Search%5FCode=GKEY%5E&CNT=50&PID=LzeoZ6VcKYrS5SrDvz6jvpdVzE&SEQ=20100717134244&SID=1
Sources
- Edward Lucie-Smith, (translation by B. Ruijsenaars) "Maya Kulenovic" (d'jonge Hond/Netherlands 2008), 1 vol. Hardcover (128 p.), ISBN 9089100458