“Painting is an illusion. Then there is a physical space in which the painting exists. How do these spaces affect each other? Additionally, there is a third space, a conceptual one, which is in the viewer’s and the artist’s mind, and which probably influences the viewer’s perception most. It depends on who this viewer is, on his or her mood, education, and imagination. Most of all, how open is the viewer’s mind? It is a very complex relation between visual input and how all these different levels of space, including the conceptual one, are organized. Every artist is not only a producer of art, but a consumer of art as well.

Serial and sequential approaches, the use of the same elements in different situations, multiplication, fragmentation, superimposition of different images and spaces, interest in space in general — not just visual but intellectual, mental, psychological and physical space and its ambiguity — are all still my fields of exploration.”

 – Ira Nakhova