DROP AFTER LIGHTING
Mini-solo exhibition at La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
January 9 - February 1, 2026
As part of her continuing hijinks in the art partnership of AGblend13, Anka Yanovna’s surreal cat paintings flare into life on sculptural, hand shaped aluminum panels. Wide eyes and gleeful smirks come to us from a dimension where cats choose the tattoo-like markings written into their fur, each portrait a self contained story of the cat’s life and loves displayed with unabashed enthusiasm.
In the human world of coded social interactions and ironic detachment from expressions of sincerity, Anka’s brash and wanton felines speak to us from across the species divide. After all, who is more honest than a cat? And what do we truly lose by wearing our hearts on our sleeves?
Drop the pretense, drop the shame, and drop that firecracker!
