What is Belarus? – Paintings by Helena-Alexandra Reut
Paintings by Helena-Alexandra Reut.
20-26 February, King’s Art Centre, Cambridge.
“Where are you from?”
“From Belarus”
“Where’s that? What’s that? How do you spell it?”
This is a conversation which is heard often by people from Belarus, the country where I was born. These questions led me to think – “but seriously, what is Belarus?”
It’s a country of indescribable beauty. Not a radiant beauty, it doesn’t blind you – it’s a weightless beauty, like a wisp of smoke, light as a cloud, transparent and spectre-like. Our fairytales and legends embody this beauty. Belarus is called the blue-eyed country, because there are so many lakes, from the great lakes you can see from outer space to the tiny lakes hidden in the forest, so deep that people call them bottomless, full of life and mystery. The forests are still inhabited by strange and magical creatures. The entire atmosphere engulfs and captivates. There is not a living soul who could forget or remain indifferent to this country if they went there.
This exhibition presents a series of paintings where I try to convey the atmosphere of this country: this feeling of attraction enveloped in a cloud of mist.
All members and friends of the Anglo-Belarusian Society are warmly invited to the opening on 19 February. RSVP on helena@reut-studio.eu. Any queries can be made to the same email address or by phoning Simon Lewis on 07412049012.
The artist’s website is at http://reut-studio.eu. The King’s Art Centre can be found on ‘A’ staircase in the left hand corner of the Front Court of King’s College.

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