Behind the scenes of Ashmolean NOW with Flora Yukhnovich

Meet contemporary artist Flora Yuknovich in the first of the Ashmolean NOW exhibitions as curator Lena Fritsch discusses Flora's work and influences.
Get close to Flora's large-sized paintings which play with notions of femininity in art and popular culture, and which feature intense red, pink, peach and green abstract colours. Discover how these artworks were inspired by Flora's time at the Ashmolean and particularly by the Museum’s Dutch and Flemish still life paintings.
Flora's work is displayed alongside the work of Daniel Crews-Chubb.
The Ashmolean NOW exhibition is open until 14 January 2024 in Gallery 8 on the Museum's lower ground floor.
www.ashmolean.org/exhibition/...

[@oranj.h]

These are truly magical paintings. I have been to see them four times so far (I drop by if I'm seeing something else at the Ashmolean). Their homage to the Dutch masters is so wonderful to see, the colour blends are truly fantastic. There is a dynamic quality and a harmony of style that draws me in every time; and the way that room reeks of oil paint! So much reminds me of the work of Thérèse Oulton, who had a small exhibition here in the 1980s (and also just down the road at Oxford's MOMA - a similar sized room I visited many times). I hope these works get a wider audience.

[@andrewwhiting1145]

Wow, Absolutely love these paintings. Wish I was in the UK so I could go and see them.

[@ashmoleanmuseum]

Thanks. Maybe you can get to see Flora's work if it goes on tour sometime.

[@robmann400]

I’d like to spend an hour or two with Flora, and just chat about horror films. Raw, and Teeth, are two of my favourite horrors of this century. If you’re out their Flora, I highly recommend May (2000), Alice, Sweet Alice (1976), Black Christmas (1974), Suspiria (1977), and Exte (2007). Thanks for making videos eh.