AN ARTIST LOOKS DEEPLY, WITH THE EYES OF A SCIENTIST AND THE HEART OF A POET, AT SOME VERY EPHEMERAL SUBJECTS

by Edward M. Gómez

To say that something smells rather unusual about Eva Petric’s work might just be one of the highest compliments one could pay to this artist’s distinctive creations.

Dividing her time between Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia; Vienna, Austria; and New York City, where she is represented by the dealer Andreas Keller’s gallery, Olfactory Art Keller, Petric is a multimedia artist who is interested in — and has been known to examine or use as both the subjects and the raw materials of her art — scents, shadows, and human emotions.