Artwork description / Biography
Part of a series of work intriguingly titled Pink Magic curated by Victoria Bakir. The idea of the project is based on the interplay of three-dimensional space and the illusion of flatness created through a certain monotony of designs, each with a deliberately made almond-shaped hole in their midst and a contrasting colour or pattern within.
Lomaka transforms the traditional ‘battle of the sexes’ into a joyful play from which both parties derive pleasure. She focuses on the climax of their mutual relationship, resulting in these moments of magic. Pink Panther assumes various imaginable poses and positions around the almond-shaped hole, powerless to escape its magical attraction, revealing his dependence. Step by step, he experiments with the variety of methods to achieve the desired goal which lies beyond this reality, and is namely, hidden behind the hole. Only when being joined together and acting together, they achieve the desired catharsis, so evident in the joyful emotions of Panther, manifest as stars and circles inhabiting the space inside the cut. Only then, as the artist believes, will the ‘pink magic’ happen.
The installations can be organised into three groups, each dominated by its colour, featuring specific scenarios of interaction between the protagonists (viewer and the pink panther) at various stages. Each group is characterised by its own development and dynamics: the beginning, the climax and the end. The thirteenth work is given special prominence in the cycle titled Infinity. It stands out among other works, being displayed above, or beyond them as the quintessence of life, the interdependence of male and female, and most importantly – as the magic of life in a continuity of existence. The whole series is executed in the best traditions of pop art: ironic, larger than life, with its customary insouciance and a touch of infantilism.
