
"Labyrinth" - (based on Lyubov Popova)
Viktor Konotopsky
Painting - 53 x 47 x 2 cm Painting - 20.9 x 18.5 x 0.8 inch
€570
Painting : oil
58 x 40 x 2 cm 22.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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58 x 40 x 2 cm 22.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Artwork location: Ukraine
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"Red Sultana" by renowned Ukrainian artist Viktor Konotopsky, inspired by Lev Bakst, captures the exotic theatricality and opulent fantasy of the East through a figure that seems to step out of myth or ballet. Clad in richly patterned red trousers and intricate jewelry, the woman exudes both elegance and strength. Her body, delicately poised with one foot dipped into the water, suggests movement, grace, and command over her surroundings. The stylized tattoos and textures on her skin echo Bakst's love for costume and symbolism, turning the figure into a living tapestry of cultural motifs. Konotopsky uses this composition to express the sensual dynamism of femininity in performance, referencing the bold visual language of the Ballets Russes. The "Red Sultana" is not just a character but a dream of power, beauty, and Eastern mystique—seen through a lens of modernist theatricality and timeless allure.
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Viktor Konotopsky was born in 1967 in the village of Maleshkovka, Nedrigailovsky district, Sumy region.
Graduated from the Kharkiv State Art School and the Faculty of Arts of the Saratov State Pedagogical University named after Makarenko.
Worked as a drawing and drafting teacher, and an artist in the advertising field.
In the 90s, he lived and worked in Poland (Krakow and Szczecin) and St. Petersburg.
Viktor had many temptations to catch some fashionable artistic disease, but he remained himself.
Judging his painting by the standards of world artistic fashion is as absurd as declaring love with the memorized words of a popular literary hero. In this sense, it is naive, but the naivety of a professionally educated person. His paintings are realistic, although stylized. The landscapes are easily recognizable, but they contain a generalization leading to an image.
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