Collection: Polina Lurie

My practice constructs a visual archaeology through layered processes where photography, painting, and digital manipulation converge. I explore the shifting relationships between the organic and the artificial, treating digital systems: Algorithms, screens, and fragments- as a contemporary painterly palette. These works do not oppose the material world but extend it, blurring the boundaries between physical reality and digitally mediated experiences to examine how visual layers shape our perception of memory and identity.

A central motif in my work compares the human figure to stone, where the body appears to dissolve into the landscape. This refers to the biblical return to the ground, suggesting an original bond between humanity and nature. By combining organic textures with technological abstraction, I create structures where past, present, and speculative digital futures coexist. This immersion is not a loss, but a process of release, offering a space to reflect on how images mediate our relationship to the world.