Five of Inna Rogatchi’s artworks are featured at the Abstract Mind 2022 international art exhibition at the CICA Museum, the Institute of Contemporary Art, in South Korea.
Inna’s works at this exhibition represent the selection of expressive abstractionism with powerful colour elements and with distinct forms.
The selection is presented in the Abstract Mind 2022 introductory video:
According to the exhibition catalogue:
“Inna’s five works exhibited at the Abstract Mind 2022 exhibition are parts of the artist’s various series: the series Movements of her Abstract Portfolio ( Moon Dance IV, Dialogue IV), another collection of abstract works 4×4 Senses ( String Octet in Colour), metaphorical art collections MAHLER ( Mahler. The First Symphony) and Mystic Stories ( Life in the High).
In all these works, some essential tendencies for the artist can be seen: Inna’s attachment to the tradition of world culture and civilisations, the artist’s dialogue with music, her attachment to colour and inner dynamic which she believes is an essential element in many of her works. In these works, the artist’s statement is strong – as it is conveyed by the boldness of the colours, and dynamic, but subdued and laconic, as the artist believes that in the art, ‘the less is more’.
The work Mahler. The First Symphony is from Inna’s MAHLER series in her customary way of artistic dialogues with many towering figures of world’s culture. In this case, it is also a special dialogue, as Inna is related to the great Gustav Mahler. She is the third great-grand-niece of the famous composer.
At the exhibition, 66 artworks by 33 artists are presented. Apart from Inna, five works are exhibited only by her husband Michael Rogatchi and one South Korean artist. Among those international artists, 13 of them are from South Korea, six are from the United States, with the rest are artists from Canada, Mexico, Argentina, India, Russia, Switzerland, Israel, Greece, Italy, Poland and Finland. Inna and her husband renowned artist Michael Rogatchi are the only representatives of Finland at the exhibition.
CICA Museum is a well-known art institution which was established in the mid-1990s and started to operate from 2006 onward. The Museum started as the studio and gallery of the leading Korean contemporary sculptor Czong ho Kim who was studying, working and exhibiting also in New York, Los-Angeles and Geneva. From that starting point, the international dimension of the museum was started and developed. The Museum is well-known due to its numerous international projects with American, in particular, New York based museums and art institutions.
Abstract Mind 2022 is a customary CICA Museum international multidisciplinary exhibition in which the works in various genres of contemporary art render the main theme.
In Inna Rogatchi’s art, the abstract genre has an important place. The artist has created and still is creating many works in her several collections of abstract art and likes to work in this direction.
Inna’s husband, artist Michael Rogatchi, also participates in the Abstract Mind 2022 exhibition with his works. It is another ‘joint show’ of the Rogatchi family, after their successful At the Same Time dual exhibition in Rome, Italy.
The exhibition is on display from February 23nd till March 13th, 2022. More detail is on the CICA Museum site – https://cicamuseum.com/abstract-mind-2022/