Tel Aviv-based identical twin female artists Nil & Karin Romano aka Black Orchids create exquisite, weirdly wonderful artworks as they work side by side, completing each other. Self-taught, they work primarily with acrylic and oil paint on large canvases as they fashion mysteriously mesmerizing scenes.
Currently on view at the Minshar Institute for Art in Tel Aviv is “From the Bottom of My Shapeless Soul.” Featured above is the title painting, “From the Bottom of My Shapeless Soul I’m Smiling Anyway.” Several more images showcased in this exhibition — all fashioned this past year with acrylic on canvas — follow:
I Shed Countless Pearls Over You
Living in a Bubble
And Nonetheless Music Penetrates Your Very Soul
Only After a Storm Can You Feel the Sun
And Forget All About…
Nil & Karin Romano, photographed by Lieb Blekh & Dominic Zimmerman
Curated by Ronit Yedaya, the exhibit will remain on view until Saturday, December 21 at 18 David Hachmi Street in Tel Aviv. Opening hours are: Sunday to Thursday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
All photos courtesy of the artists
