Winter Traffic, 2017

Anatoly Kost  

This picture is a transformation of music on canvas, so it is accompanied by:

Visiomix- Astor Piazzolla "Libertango", entitled "Libertango, in achromatic tones". Also, the painting belongs to the triptych, which includes two more paintings from the collection, "Winter Music" and "Blizzard".

The artist uses abstraction as a means of creating new aesthetic experiences or evoking thoughts and reflections in the audience. The winter movement in abstraction has an emotional dimension, reflecting feelings of melancholy, unanimity or the tight impenetrability of winter. This is expressed through the use of gray colors, unexpected configurations of shapes and breaks in lines that create a feeling of coolness. Returning to the theme of the dance, the viewer stops looking at the red, pronounced brush stroke. It is this strip accompanied by the composition "Libertango" that allows you to get a sharp feeling like movement in a dance. Since the musical composition itself is a symbol of the transition from classical tango to nuevo, in combination with the understanding of the color scheme and chaotic brushstrokes, the abstract idea of the artist shines through. Each viewer has to experience the movement for themselves, as the circular strokes, in cool tones, give a cool winter feeling with a hint of bright red movement.

Concept

The painting "Winter Traffic" by the outstanding Ukrainian artist Anatoliy Kost. The picture was painted in 2017 in the artist's Volyn workshop and was presented at many exhibitions. First of all, this picture belongs to the Triptych "Libertango in Achromatic Tones", which was presented at the exhibition in the National Art Museum of Ukraine.

Masterpieces of world musical classics and choreography are a significant factor in the inspiration of his work, which became the basis for defining a personal philosophical direction in abstraction, namely contemp-abstraction.