Yelena Popova

Russian (Active in UK) | 1978

Yelena Popova is a Russian (active in UK) Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1978. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Het Nieuwe Instituut have featured Yelena Popova's work in the past.Yelena Popova's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 221 USD to 6,587 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2014 the record price for this artist at auction is 6,587 USD for Untitled, sold at Christie's London in 2019. Yelena Popova has been featured in articles for BBC News, Art Review and Christie's Daily. The most recent article is I Promise to Stay with You: An Exhibition on Introspection written for RUSSIAN ART + CULTURE in April 2024.

Shiny Frisbee

Mixed media on linen

120 by 90 cm.

As community grows , dated 2019

screenprint

53 x 37.5 cm

Untitled , 2012

watercolor on linen over panel

29 cm

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At Auction

Recent Auction Results

Balance Of Probabilities

By Yelena Popova

-50%

below mid-estimate

Christie's London

Untitled

By Yelena Popova

-58%

below mid-estimate

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

Untitled

By Yelena Popova

-55%

below mid-estimate

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

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Past Exhibitions

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Shtager Gallery

Mayfair | London | UK

Oct 11,2023 - Nov 18,2023

Colonial Endurance: Detecting the Algorithm of Violence in Infrastructures

Het Nieuwe Instituut

Rotterdam | Netherlands

Jul 27,2023 - Oct 08,2023

Mother Art Prize

Zabludowicz Collection, London

London | UK

Mar 30,2023 - Jun 25,2023

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Articles

I Promise to Stay with You: An Exhibition on Introspection

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Coverage

“ ..Working men of all countries, unite!" Popova's 'invisible' paintings withdraw a fundamental condition of painting itself: the application of a colorful medium to a surface... ”
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Philipp von Rosen Galerie

“ ..Popova’s interest in the digital — along with the disembodiment of screen-based images and, in particular, touchscreen gestures — is echoed in her painterly technique... ”
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Knoll Galerie Budapest

“ ..A new series of paintings and video work unfold Popova’s continuous interest in 'visibility', as well as materiality and the value of art objects... ”
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Philipp von Rosen Galerie

“ ..These videos create a wider context for Popova’s paintings to be seen in... ”
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Philipp von Rosen Galerie

“ ..Dwelling on the difference between creative workers (called by the latest Marxist theoreticians cognitariat) and workers that use their hands, Popova examines the production of surplus value and how... ”
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Philipp von Rosen Galerie