Imagination is a kind of thinking ability that everyone has, for most people, imagination can only stay in the stage of thinking, because it is unrealistic, so there is no possibility of realization, but in the work of art, we can often see some imagined characters or scenes, appear in front of our eyes, while meeting our visual needs, but also fill our spiritual needs.
Making the impossible possible and giving people enough imagination space is what many artists do. It's fun to break people's preconceptions and look at everything around you from a different perspective. Alexei Kondakov, an artist from Ukraine, used a group of surrealist works to show us what it would be like if the figures in classical paintings came to modern life.
No matter how much you know about classical art, you can probably imagine what they look like in your mind, if you really can't imagine it, think about "Mona Lisa", is there a picture? The characters in classical paintings are elegant, dignified and rigorous, giving people a sense of distance from above. Let them live in modern society, I am afraid it is difficult to integrate into it, right?
Alexei Kondakov experimented with this imagination and presented the scene to us realistically, he combined images of two completely different time periods, the subject of the work is a classical painting of people, the background is a scene of modern life, when the two are together, what kind of chemical changes occur? Wouldn't that be very strange? In fact, no, after reading the works of Alexei Kondakov, you will find that these classical characters live very well in modern times, and there is no violation, but they are quite grounded.
Like us, they enjoy the products of modern technology and convenient facilities, take the bus, squeeze the subway, fall in love, and have a doll, classical dress modern life, very creative. Alexei Kondakov's digital artwork is very interesting to watch.
In fact, this artist is not the first time to create this series of works, Xiao Dai has shared some with you before, and today continues to share with you some brand new works. If you are interested in the modern life of classical characters, you may wish to watch it with Xiao Dai.
Old mother's daily routine
Girl on the bus
Beautiful woman sitting on the steps
Blonde woman in the bath
Girls on the subway
Girl riding a motorcycle
A man who plays basketball
Feed the critters