Helene Mukhtar offers a powerful sensory experience with a new video sculpture and painting installation at the NYC Fountain Art fair

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In this installation, Helene Mukhtar combines videos, sculptures and paintings for the first time. A painter by training, she expands her imaginary world into new art forms in a burst of colors, textures and forms.

In the two animations on display, she blends her paintings with photographs and videos with unexpected power. The spectator is led into vibrant, mesmerizing and gripping journeys. From the dreamlike trip on the beach and under water with her piece entitled “Fantasies On The Beach” to the tender treatment of children caught in a disturbing world entitled “Exodus”.

The movies are played on her abstract plaster sculptures, which provide a fluid backdrop to the scenes.

Accompanying her “video-sculptures” are her latest paintings where she mixes bright, vivid color with an expressionist painting style. Her favorite cast of characters, animal and human forms alike, occupy center stage. Birds often play a dominant role, mostly benevolent witnesses in this strange, uneasy world.

Mukhtar was born and educated in the South of France. She now lives and works in Brooklyn. She studied painting at the School of Visual Arts and the Art Students League in New York City and received an MFA from Florida State University. Recent solo shows include the 440 Gallery in Brooklyn, Galerie ArtSud in France and Ion Studio in Soho.
www.helenemukhtar.com