Painting

Embraced

Examining the personal relationship between oneself and loss, Lasek takes on an emotional dialogue through this work. Once we lose someone, time alters our memory of them, what is their memory of us? Within the emotional composition, the figure... More

Painting

I am in a black hole

Lasek's unsettling encounters with nightmares have motivated the creation of "I am in a black hole," a painting that mimics the distorted perceptions of dreams. The artwork simulates those instances when one is unsure if they are dreaming or not.... More

Painting

Snow Angel

Lasek uses the nature of snow as a metaphor to signify loss. Snow Angel depicts the remnants of bodies once occupying a space. Their absence is left as an imprint, left to morph over time. The snowy landscape, is beautiful, cold, and overwhelmingly... More

Painting

Manifestations

Painting

Warm

The passage of time is reflected through the diffusive form of the figures in embrace. Grasping tightly, the figures fight against the movement of time.

Work by

Anita Lasek

Drawing & Painting

“My paintings consider grief through an investigation of the body as a tangible site of stability. Exploring figurative form in a gestural manner, I return to personal narratives of grief and the...” [More]

Artwork Collection

01 For Jurying Consideration

01 For Jurying Consideration

Embraced

Examining the personal relationship between oneself and loss, Lasek takes on an emotional dialogue through this work. Once we lose someone, time alters our memory of them, what is their memory of us? Within the emotional composition, the figure... More

I am in a black hole

Lasek's unsettling encounters with nightmares have motivated the creation of "I am in a black hole," a painting that mimics the distorted perceptions of dreams. The artwork simulates those instances when one is unsure if they are dreaming or not.... More

Snow Angel

Lasek uses the nature of snow as a metaphor to signify loss. Snow Angel depicts the remnants of bodies once occupying a space. Their absence is left as an imprint, left to morph over time. The snowy landscape, is beautiful, cold, and overwhelmingly... More

Manifestations

Manifestations

Warm

The passage of time is reflected through the diffusive form of the figures in embrace. Grasping tightly, the figures fight against the movement of time.

Work by

Anita Lasek

“My paintings consider grief through an investigation of the body as a tangible site of stability. Exploring figurative form in a gestural manner, I return to personal narratives of grief and the...” [More]