Elena Gluth
Biography / Artist statement
My drawing activity is based on my interest in language systems: the language of the line, of the body, verbal/written languages and various kinds of notation. At different periods of my life, I also engaged with dance, music, and linguistics. This experience is internalized in my work process through the combination of elements from these different modalities in a single expressive act of drawing. Visual perception and imagery are united with corporeality, the physical act of movement, and the cognitive-linguistic dimension.
Contrast, tension, and balance are key principles in my practice. The interplay between impulsive, emotional gesture and the structured, analytical response produces a dynamic visual syntax. The drawing process becomes a choreography of thought and sensation - a composition where movement and sound, image and language all seek alignment. This continuous negotiation of balance is something I associate not only with bodies or objects, but with ideas and phenomena searching for orientation within their environment. Thus, I see my drawings as a sustained attempt of localization - spatially, semantically, sonically.
