Nika Arminé
Title: Caliber
Size: 40" by 40"
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 2018
Price: SOLD
Description: The order of elements here is quite fascinating: the figures rendered first, and then “overlapped” by semi-abstract, architectural iconography. Note the classic, strong, fluted column that seems supporting the piece. All this strengthens the sense that these classical figures are not merely partof the painting and narrative - they are also currently creating it, building it themselves. These subjects seem striving here to create the very substrate upon which they exist. Building a life, even as they live it. And like life, creating this piece, working through this challenging process was something Armine said she derived great pleasure from.