Immersed in the art scenes of New York and Europe during the past 10 years, Elena Korennova has not given up either her style or taste, reproducing on the canvas the atmosphere of love and eroticism. Over the years, her work developed a new artistic perception – irony and self-irony, which has played an integral part in Russian art, adding a subtle shade of melancholy to the artist's enjoyment of the outward world, which can escape but is desired to be preserved forever.

"Once Again About Love" is a pictures que triptych. There are magnolia flowers in the first work, a pet subject of the artist. The second piece of a larger size is made by Elena's husband, Alexander Petrov, a famous artist, and presents his wife's portrait against the canvas with paints while making her first work. In the third piece which is bigger than the first two ones, we see the reflection of the process and the participants - the flowers, husband and the artist herself. Subjects and objects of the art work become reversible, and the production of meanings: denotatum and designatum, wholly depends on the artist's will, who realizes very well her control and power over everything happening.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

Born in Moscow

Lives and works in New York

EDUCATION

1979-84   Institute of Fine and Decorative Art, Moscow

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2002   Consulate of Russian Federation, NYC

2001   Russian Mission to the United Nations

1992   "La Galleria", via San Marco 24, Milan, Italy; Artedub, Catania, Italy

1991   The Central House of Artists, Moscow

1990   Union Gallery, Moscow

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2001   "Dumbo Double Dance", NYC
"Peeling Potatoes, Painting Pictures", Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

1999   Group Exhibition in Met Life, NYC

1995   Russian Mission to the United Nations

1992   "Russishe Impressionistishe en Romantishe Kunst", Kunstcentrum Galeree, Lede, Belgium

1990   "Pittori Moscoviti Contemporanei", Palazzo Rondanini Alla Rotonda. Rome, Italy
All-Union Exhibition of Young Artists. Central House of Artists, Moscow

1988   "Glasnost". Kunsthalle in Emden, Germany

1987   "Russian Art". Hungary, Germany