{"id":63352,"date":"2026-04-08T12:30:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/?p=63352"},"modified":"2026-04-08T14:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:17:11","slug":"quiet-rituals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/quiet-rituals\/","title":{"rendered":"Quiet Rituals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Katya Tsareva Artwork. Photo by Quiet Rituals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Throughout the exhibition, faces appear enlarged, fragmented, or displaced across different materials: silicone masks, photographic close-ups, watercolour portraits, and sculptural flesh. Skin becomes surface, face becomes object, and the human figure dissolves into textures, membranes, and distortions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tsareva\u2019s portraits start with looking, fleeting observations of strangers in public space. These encounters are later reconstructed from memory through drawing and watercolour. In this process, the original image shifts and loosens. What begins as observation becomes projection; what appears as portrait becomes interpretation.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Katya Tsareva Portrait. Photo by Quiet Rituals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Tarasenko\u2019s works expose the body in its most vulnerable state. Inflated cheeks, disembodied masks, and suspended flesh transform the face into something simultaneously human and monstrous. His performance intensifies this tension: the artist\u2019s gaze is obstructed by ropes, while antenna-like extensions scan the ground in a compulsive, repetitive attempt to locate the source of anxiety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Across the exhibition, the viewer encounters eyes that watch, faces that inflate or dissolve, and surfaces that mimic skin. The act of looking becomes reciprocal: the viewer stares into faces that seem to stare back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between the artworks a question emerges: at what point does looking at another human being become something else, a projection, an image, or a reflection of one\u2019s own gaze?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alexander Tarasenko Portrait. Photo by Quiet Rituals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Alexander Tarasenko Artwork. Photo by Quiet Rituals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Quiet Rituals: A duo show by Katya Tsareva and Alexander Tarasenko<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curated by Sophie Nowakowska<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

28 April \u2013 2 May 2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PV: Tuesday 28 April, 6\u20139 pm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performance night (Alexander Tarasenko ft. Alessandro Paiano, Zosia Zoltkowski): Thursday 30 April, from 7 pm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closing event and performances (indexthumb, Kuba Pawe\u0142czak, Zara Sands ft. Sophia Marie Davison): Saturday 2 May, from 5 pm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

KOPPEL Collective, 157 Regent’s Park Road, London NW1 8BB<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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