Maja Ruznic "Who Tastes Fire and Cannot Speak"

Contemporary Fine Arts is pleased to present "Who Tastes Fire and Cannot Speak", the first solo exhibition of Bosnia and Herzegovina-born, New Mexico-based artist Maja Ruznic at the Basel gallery. Ruznic explores how paintings can create a space for the subconscious and the unsaid. Her works situate emotions and traumas within the body and in architectural metaphors, where elusiveness and asymmetry reflect a constant realignment of the psyche. The exhibition connects her personal experiences of fleeing the Bosnian War with universal themes of displacement and highlights how language reaches its limits. This creates a space in which darkness is part of the equilibrium, silence conveys knowledge, and the canvases deliberately refrain from offering simple answers.