Malanka - Yelena Yemchuk travelling Inadvertent is a cogent and

Inadvertent is a cogent and accessible guide to the creative process of one of our most prolific and ingenious artists

A tiny part compared to the thousands of drawings he all keeps

is used as a matrix for the fabrication of new works with various materials

While I go along the project emerges in its form fueled by knowledge and intuition

including masterpieces like the Teatro Regio and the Torino Chamber of Commerce and early

Malanka - Yelena Yemchuk travelling Inadvertent is a cogent andMalanka is Ukrainian American visual artist, Yelena Yemchuks sixth photobook. Like all bodies of work by Yemchuk, Malanka is personal, feminine, surrealist, and touched by a spell. The eponymous tradition is a pre christian, heavily incantatory folklore ritual that takes place on January 14, the Old New Year in the Julian calendar. It is celebrated by ethnic Romanians in western Ukraine, and its origins are largerly unknown. Yemchuk traveled to Crasna