Rose ShakinovskyLandslides Ethiopia July 2024, 2025
Oil on linen
Work: 30 x 50 cm (11.8 x 19.7 in.)
Rose Shakinovsky’s conceptual approach to painting practice originates from found photographs of political upheavals such as Hurricane Beryl, which affected the island of Carriacou, in Grenada in 2024, the heavy rainfalls that caused landslides in the Southern region of Ethiopia in 2024 or the insurrection that took hold in Haiti in 2023, resulting in an escalation of violence and displacement of citizens, including women and children. Shakinovsky subjects these images to digital manipulation using basic computer filters until unexpected abstract forms emerge. Her work examines political, ecological and social disasters filtered through chance and recognition.
