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‘Couple on the Beach’
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Olga Kundina

‘Couple on the Beach’, 2017

TechniquePainting
Size157 x 218 cm
AvailabilityAvailable
Donation50%
USD 11,000
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I came across this scene on an almost empty beach in Tel Aviv at the end of the season. The positioning of the figures and the wave in the background seemed to echo one another, as if the bodies were continuing the movement of the water.
It led me to think about relationships-where attraction and resistance, trust and risk, are always present, like an ongoing motion.
The composition balances a simplified, almost flat structure with a sense of depth. The palette is reduced to blue, ochre, and deep blue-black, creating both tension and calm.
Within this simple scene, a quiet intensity emerges.

About Olga Kundina

Olga Kundina (b. 1965) painter, holds an MA from The Institute for the Graphic Arts, Moscow (1985-1990). Moved to Israel in 1990. One of the founders of The New Barbizon Group. Lecturer at The Arts Institute, Tel Hai College. Her work exhibited in one-person and group shows in Israel and abroad, among them are De Apple Museum, Amsterdam (2020), Erez Israel Museum, Tel Aviv (2019), Hamidrasha Gallery (2019), Museum of Art, Ein Harod (2017), Tel Aviv Museum of Art (2016), Haifa Museum of Art (2014), Circle1 gallery, Berlin. Her work is included in many public and private collections in Israel and abroad including The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, The Knesset, Bar-David Museum, Israel Makov collection, Discount Bank art collection and more.