Apocalypse, 1993
Painting : Watercolour, ink · 43.5 x 77 x 1 cm 17.1 x 30.3 x 0.4 inch
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Painting : Unique artwork
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Watercolour , ink on paper
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43.5 x 77 x 1 cm 17.1 x 30.3 x 0.4 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Litv 384
"Apocalypse" by Oleg Litvinov is a monumental, visionary work that combines myth, scripture, and nightmare into a sprawling, chaotic panorama of the end of days. With surreal precision and grotesque intensity, Litvinov invites the viewer into a world collapsing under the weight of sin, madness, and divine reckoning. The composition is dense with symbolic figures: on the left, Adam and Eve clutch the forbidden fruit — the origin of humanity's fall. The Tower of Babel crumbles in the background, unleashing chaos and disorder. Above, angels descend, some triumphant, others grotesquely fused with machines or monsters. In the center, prophets and naked crowds raise their hands in despair or ecstasy. On the right, demonic creatures, mocking royalty, winged beasts, and apocalyptic judges dominate a world reduced to wreckage. The heavens themselves rain destruction: scales of justice, broken halos, and falling bodies spiral into the void. What the artist expresses: Litvinov delivers a biting and theatrical critique of civilization's moral decay, echoing medieval visions of Judgment Day, yet filtered through a modern, post-human sensibility. The painting speaks of hubris, punishment, and the cyclical nature of destruction. Human vanity — religious, political, and sexual — is laid bare and dragged into the apocalyptic furnace. Every figure is twisted, every expression exaggerated — not for horror's sake, but to show how divine law collides with human excess. This is not just a biblical apocalypse — it's a satirical end of modernity, where technology, lust, power, and lost innocence implode together. Litvinov turns the end of the world into a surreal carnival — horrifying, sublime, and deeply human.
Presentation
Born in 1957 in Lubny, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
1982: Graduated from the Odessa Theater and Art School.
Since 1982: Participation in city, national, and international exhibitions.
Personal exhibitions in Odessa in 1982, 1992, 1997-1998, 2002, 2004, and 2010.
1995: Personal exhibition in Munich.
2000: Personal exhibition in Kyiv.
2002-2003: Personal exhibition in Moscow.
From 1982 to 2010: Collaboration with publishers "Mayak," "Raduga," "Dnipro," "Shkola."
1989: Became a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.
The artist's works are present in private collections across Eastern and Western Europe, the USA, and Canada. They also adorn the walls of museums in Kyiv and Odessa.
Oleg Litvinov lived and worked in Odessa for a long time. Currently resides in Lubny.
Litvinov's paintings primarily focus on biblical, mythological, and historical themes. Using brushes and paints, he narrates the eternal passions and agonies to which humanity is condemned: envy, temptation, fear, but also tenderness, affection, and the warmth of maternal love. As a skilled artist, Litvinov's portraits of contemporaries in the settings of past eras appear natural, each character fitting appropriately into the interior and costumes.
With great skill and professionalism, Oleg paints multifigure compositions, depicting scenes from ancient tales and myths. A master of painting, artist Oleg Litvinov is always in creative exploration. Although his priority lies in depicting multifigure subjects in mythological, historical, and religious themes, captivating landscapes of his native region also deeply move his soul. These places, filled with beauty and harmony, were where his childhood and youth passed. Here, he painted his first canvases and created his early sketches. In the groves near the lovely Sula River, art continues to be born, as Oleg Arkadyevich works on his pieces daily.
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