SPOTLIGHT:
YEVGENIYA BARAS
From her studio in Long Island City, Queens, the artist reflects on her unique approach to painting—one that's often all about location, location, location.
Left: Yevgeniya Baras, Untitled (2017-2021); Right: wood, shells, and various items that the artist collected during her stay in Maine.
Left: a painting bordered with pieces of one of Baras's grandmother's dresses; Right: a painting bordered with pieces of one of Baras's own dresses.
Rugs that brought back from Baras's various trips to Morocco. "One important aspect of them is that families create and use them, then sell them when they need to. So when one buys one of them, they are living with history."