Trace of Architecture

Reliefs in which architectural structure emerges through layers, breaks and missing sections

This series approaches the surface as a cross-section of an architectural environment. Geometry provides the composition with structure, while cracks, breaks and mineral deposits reveal how that structure changes and deteriorates. The works resemble fragments of a wall or building layer taken from an unknown structure: architecture is present not as a whole, but as a material remnant

Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art

Section of Structure

2026, 40×30 cm
Mixed media technique: stencil relief, multi-layered patination
Materials: textured plaster, acrylics, waxes, patina

A complex ornamental pattern holds the centre, while the edges recede into a dense, almost stone-like mass. Tension arises between the two areas, as if the ordered structure were resisting the damaged texture around it. The composition reads as a fragment of architectural surface that has retained part of its original pattern.

Fragments of the Lost

2026, 60×30 cm
Mixed media technique: stencil relief, multi-layered patination
Materials: textured plaster, texture paste, acrylics, waxes, patinas, mineral fillers

The vertical form ends in an uneven edge, as though part of an architectural layer had been lost. The ornament survives only in fragments, emerging from within the material. The focus is the boundary between what remains and what is gone: the broken edge becomes as important to the composition as the surviving relief.

Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art

Architecture of the Layer

2026, 80×30 cm
Mixed media technique: stencil relief, multi-layered patination
Materials: textured plaster, texture paste, acrylics, waxes, patinas

The surface builds layer by layer, like sedimentary rock in which the past is preserved in successive deposits. Geometry holds the form as the material gradually gives way to dense texture. Light emphasises the rhythm of cracks and mineral layers, turning the vertical composition into a kind of cross-section in which each layer bears its own trace.

Disappearing Structure

2026, 40×30 cm
Mixed media technique: stencil relief, multi-layered patination
Materials: texture paste, acrylics, waxes, patinas

The ornament appears unevenly: in some areas it remains distinct; in others, it almost dissolves into cracks, dense patches of texture and traces of pressure. The surface seems suspended between coherent form and disintegration. The structure has not disappeared entirely, but it can no longer hold itself together.

Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art
Trace of Architecture. Olga Anikeeva| Designing Art

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