Through painting and drawing Noemi Conan confronts the impact of migration and economic transformation on her own self image and the perception of Eastern European femininity in Western Europe. The artist revisits her childhood in a peripheral town in Poland in the 90's and impersonates the powerful women who surrounded her at the time, recreating their surreal night-time rituals and interactions. Drawing inspiration from Slavic folklore, art historical reference and Romantic literature and combining it with imagery from both communist and capitalist propaganda, Conan weaves compelling stories that are deeply rooted in her personal experiences as a young woman growing up in off-centre 90's Eastern Europe.
Hauntological, confrontational and steeped in half-remembered stories.
Conan incorporates contemporary observation and working from memory to create a mood and connect her lived experience with that of others. Storytelling through images to avoid the bluntness of written statements.