Artist Statement

"Alina Kisina's photographic series City of Home might, at first glance, seem merely aimed at capturing the daily life of her hometown of Kiev, Ukraine. Yet Kisina's strangely evocative photographs are concerned less with documentary impressions than with opening up realms above and beyond the mundane images that define the surface of her work. For the subway steps, skylines, facades, and factory lots that Kisina depicts resonate with an order that seems not of this world. Her pictures—often quite literally—reflect realms that seem to be existing side-by-side with or beyond the mere material givens of her everyday subject matter. Although superficially static, her serene, perfectly composed photographs actively lead us into higher realms that are uplifting and light: they cause us to transcend the materiality of everyday existence and enter into planes of experience heretofore unknown."

Prof. Dr Raoul Eshelman, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Artist Bio

Alina Kisina is a Ukrainian photographer living in London who regularly returns to her native land to take pictures. Her work has been exhibited internationally.

For further information please see http://alinakisina.co.uk