IN THIS EXHIBITION CERAMICIST INESE BRANTS PAYS HOMAGE TO THE HISTORICAL FUNCTION OF PORCELAIN OBJECTS - TO ADORN. PAINTED CHINA VASES, TEA SETS, PORCELAIN WALL PLATES WORK AS A PART OF THE EXPOSITION ON DISPLAY AT TIFANA ART GALLERY.

FOR VISITORS OF THE EXHIBITION, THE VERY FOUNDATION OF THE EXPOSITION WILL COME AS A SURPRISE. IT CENTRES AROUND THE REFINED CONTRASTS BETWEEN TWO VERY DIFFERENT MATERIALS - THE SHAPES OF PORCELAIN AND THE TEXTURE OF FABRIC, PAINTINGS ON CHINA AND ON SILK. THEY ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER BY THE ARTIST'S SKILL IN WORKING WITH THESE CAPRICIOUS, DISTINCTIVE SURFACES.

RESPLENDENTLY DRESSED GIRLS SAUNTER ON THE PORCELAIN SHAPES AMONG DISTINCTIVE GEOMETRICAL PATTERNS, WHICH INESE BRANTS CREATES USING PHOTO DECALS OF DIFFERENT TEXTURES. THE AUTHOR CAPTURES MOTIFS OF A TRUNK OF A PALM TREE IN GENEVA, A SUNSET ON SEA, DETAILS OF AN OLD ITALIAN HOUSE, FRAGMENTS OF THE CEILING DECORATION AT NORDEÍU MANOR. THEY FORM A RHYTHMIC SEQUENCE ON THE PORCELAIN SURFACE, EMBELLISHED WITH GILDING AND TOP GLAZE PAINTING. LUSTRE BACKGROUND SHINES THROUGH AMIDST THE MOTIFS.

THE COMPOSITIONS PAINTED ON SILK ARE REMINDERS OF VARIOUS ERAS IN THE WORLD HISTORY OF CERAMICS. THEY PAY HOMAGE TO THE CULTURE OF ANCIENT MYCENAE, THE GREAT RENAISSANCE AND POTTERY PIECES DECORATED BY PABLO PICASSO.

USING BEESWAX, THE ARTIST HAS CREATED A CRACKLE EFFECT ON SILK, COMBINING IT WITH PAINTED SHAPES AND CHARACTERISTIC DECORATION OF ANCIENT CROCKERY. HER PAINTINGS ON SILK ARE NOTEWORTHY FOR THEIR FINE COLOUR SCHEMES.

INESE BRANTS' DESIGNER PORCELAIN ARTWORK IS UNIQUE IN THE ORIGINALITY OF ITS SHAPES, THE RHYTHMS OF ITS DECORATION AND THE MOTIFS USED IN ITS FIGURATIVE COMPOSITIONS. THE CHARACTERS CREATED BY THE ARTIST LIVE THEIR LIVES ON THE PORCELAIN SURFACE, PLAYING OUT SITUATIONS DRAWN FROM IMMERSIONS INTO A WORLD OF DREAM AND WAKEFULNESS.