Irina Alimanestianu

2024
2022-2023 2020-20212017-2019
2015-2016
2012-2014
2009-2011
2006-2008
2001-2004
1997-2000

1997-2000

My young children’s toys were a continual source of wonder and surprise for me. So much of our culture is embedded in them. I was puzzling through on my own identity concerns at the time and so used dolls, toys, western wallpaper designs, and religious iconography as my source material.

A Portrait of Two Men
1998, 60x42
Oil on canvas

Catholic Tastes
1998, 96x72
Oil on Canvas

Dancer
1999, 36x22
Oil on canvas

Girl One (Alex)
2000, 63x69
Oil on canvas

Mother and Child
1997, 70x46
Oil on canvas

Pas De Deux
1998, 30x60
Oil on canvas

Perseus and Andromeda
1998, 96x72
Oil on canvas

Soccer and the Goddess
1999, 60x48
Oil on canvas