Sasha Prakhova
The Kyiv artist’s calligraphic works bring writing, gesture and traces of personal experience into the exhibition. Eastern philosophy and attention to the moment inform her practice.
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From the Void
An exhibition bringing together works by Sasha Prakhova and Kant Kimura. Through calligraphic and abstract painting, the project explores emptiness, impermanence and the particular value of a passing moment.
Two artistic practices
Kanta Kimura
Kimura’s abstract painting forms the exhibition’s other pole. The encounter brings together two distinct artistic backgrounds around emptiness, time and impermanence.
About the project
From the Void brings together Sasha Prakhova and Kant Kimura, artists whose different backgrounds meet in an attention to the present moment. Their works approach human existence through the image of an abyss, while finding value in the fleeting perceptions through which life becomes tangible.
Kimura’s large abstract paintings are read through the idea of emptiness and a sense that the self and the surrounding world belong to one process. The moment of recognition is spontaneous: an encounter with a painting can interrupt the usual separation between observer and environment.
Prakhova’s calligraphic works offer another route towards a similar awareness. Their gestures hold a courageous sense of human finitude alongside the enduring value of immediate experience. The exhibition connects these practices through the encounter between time and eternity, asking what it means to remain attentive to the here and now.