Konstantina Krikzoni’s ARMATURA puts confrontation on canvas.
At L’Appartement Gallery in Geneva, Switzerland, London-based artist Konstantina Krikzoni presents ARMATURA, a solo exhibition that places femininity, power and emotional endurance at its core. Accompanied by essays from writer Jennifer Higgie and artist Nigel Cooke, the show unfolds as both an artistic and psychological reckoning.
ARMATURA is deeply personal. Created during an intense period of solitude in her studio, the works mark a moment where Krikzoni pushed not only the boundaries of her painting technique, but also her own emotional stamina. Returning to the female body as a recurring subject, she positions it as a meeting point between figuration and abstraction one that reveals and withholds in equal measure.
Across the canvases, bodies appear fluid, fractured and in flux. Layers of paint are interrupted by sharp, unexpected lines that refuse to settle into clear outlines. These lines don’t define form; instead, they destabilise it, creating a quiet tension between control and collapse. The result is a visual language that feels both vulnerable and defiant.
There is nothing passive here. The women in Krikzoni’s paintings do not perform or retreat. They confront. Their gazes meet the viewer directly, carrying a still, unflinching confidence. Echoes of Rubens’ funerary compositions surface in the muted greys and yellows of the figures, bodies suspended somewhere between flesh and shadow. The works engage with endings not as something to flee from, but as moments to be faced and understood.
Krikzoni describes ARMATURA as a term borrowed from the metal frameworks that support sculptures, but also as a metaphor for something internal. “An inner structure that holds us upright when everything feels like it’s falling apart,” she explains. “A process of fortification, endurance and survival. These works emerged from a vital need to continue, to process, to transform emotion into form.”
ARMATURA is on view at L’Appartement Gallery, Geneva, from January 22 to April 30. More details can be found via the gallery’s website.
