Talking metal
London. Summer 2025. Ukrainian artist Lida Stoliarova, originally from Kyiv, will make her debut at the legendary Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, an event that has been shaping the artistic canon of our time for over 250 years.
Her work After Time (copper, gold, oxidation, original texture) is presented in the main gallery #5 among less than a thousand selected works. More than 15,000 artists from all over the world competed for the opportunity to be represented at this event.
Lida works with metals-copper, brass, silver, gold-using chemical reactions that become not only a tool but also a co-creator. Her surfaces are mirrors of state, memory, and prayer. Here, relic depth meets architectural precision.
“This is a confirmation that my metals speak. And their language is the language of time. I like to feel it,” the artist comments. This is a visual archive of changes. The work explores transformation as a metaphor for time, where the patina of rust turns into the language of inner silence.
Lida Stoliarova, a graduate of the National Academy of Architecture and Architecture in Kyiv, is an independent artist who actively promotes women’s presence in contemporary art. Her themes are fluidity, the space between the material and spiritual worlds, the landscapes of the body and time.
Ahead of her solo exhibition in London, group projects in Europe and a new series inspired by the Ukrainian steppes.
