Title of the Work of Art:
Crouching man with TV
Date of Creation:
2017-2023
Genre:
Nude Portrait
Period-Movement:
Neo Cubism, Deconstructivism
Technique:
Painting
Materials:
Original digital artwork
Dimensions:
Not Stated
Artwork Description:
Rendered in luminous orange, this autobiographical self-portrait situates the artist within the liminal space of the orange-walled dacha house, its structure infused with the warmth of dim lamplight. The paint itself mimics the texture of worn velvet, inviting a tactile sense of familiarity. The derelict television, silent and flickering with ghostly multicolored stripes, casts an eerie glow across the orange space, creating shadows that dance like specters in the moonlit room. The nocturnal scene becomes a meditation on the unbounded freedoms of youth—a fleeting interval unencumbered by the demands of adult society. The composition, charged with erotic suggestion and memory, evokes the sensual and the transgressive, recalling a time when existence unfolded beyond surveillance and regulation.



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