
3gr / / Back to the Future - {$M}, 2023
Leni Smoragdova
Drawing on paper, collage
Original Artwork, 21 x 21 cm
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About Leni Smoragdova
Leni Smoragdova {$M} is a multidisciplinary artist and the creator of Transaction Art, a conceptual universe exploring anonymity, identity, and the interplay of social phenomena. Born into a Jewish family and raised in Odessa, Smoragdova moved to London in 2004 to study at Central Saint Martins, where she began developing her unique artistic vision. Her work delves into the commercialization of art and the invisible forces that shape human interactions, often through the lens of collective authorship and anonymity.
Leni Smoragdova {$M} is not only the artist’s original name but also, through Transaction Art, a collective identity for numerous anonymous participants. This duality seamlessly merges individual originality with the anonymity of those who choose to remain invisible, forming a distinctive brand. Anonymity is central to this concept, embodied in the term Hidden Faces.About the Product
A series of artworks.
In the summer of 2023, I left for the countryside to finish the unfinished work. Last year, I discovered a huge amount of work that has been started but not completed since 2002. This series is dedicated to works up to 2011. In 2012, I came up with the world of Transaction Art, everything has changed now: the signature on the works, style, employs form, color, composition and I. At the time, my signature was like a capital A, a truncated version of the Star of David. 2011 - before Transaction Art. 2012 - era Transaction Art.
It's important, In the career of an artist, adhere to one particular style of art. The works drawn up to 2012 consist of creative experiments, the details of which from 2012 will become recognisable details of the Transaction Art.
By finishing the abandoned drawings, started 15 years ago, I got the freedom to experiment creatively. After all, they were made before Transaction Art.













