Title of the Work of Art:

Queen of Shadows and Lights

Date of Creation:
2017-2023

Genre:
Portrait
Period-Movement:
Neo Cubism, Deconstructivism
Technique:
Painting
Materials:
Original digital artwork
Dimensions:
Not Stated


Artwork Description:
A portrait of a blonde, middle-aged woman—her presence inspired by the archetype of the mega-collector and museum trustee—seated regally in a yellow chair, adorned in a kaleidoscopic dress. The artist consciously echoes Ilya Repin’s Portrait of Tenisheva, a pose once meticulously studied in academic practice. The composition luxuriates in painterly detail, invoking the opulent traditions of Picasso and Klimt, and situates the sitter within the lineage of art-world power and spectacle.