
Description
"Tibetan Fog" by Ukrainian artist Igor Konovalov is a mesmerizing landscape painting that captures the ethereal beauty and mystery of a mountainous region shrouded in fog. The painting features layers of rugged terrain fading into soft, misty horizons, rendered in a palette of cool blues, muted grays, and warm earth tones that evoke a sense of depth and vastness. The swirling fog not only obscures parts of the landscape but also adds a dreamlike quality to the scene.
Konovalov's work explores the concept of perception and the limits of visibility, reflecting on how much or how little we see and understand at any given moment. The fog serves as a metaphor for the information flows in society—both revealing and concealing, depending on our position and perspective. Just as the fog envelopes the mountains, information flows can envelop societies, shaping what is seen and understood by its members.
The painting invites viewers to consider the complexities of navigating through layers of visible and hidden information, prompting a reflection on the nature of understanding and the quest for clarity in both physical and metaphorical fogs. Konovalov's "Tibetan Fog" suggests that beauty and insight often lie in the obscured and the partially revealed, challenging the viewer to find meaning beyond the immediately visible.
*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Tibetan fog" - part 5
* ARTISTS: Igor Konovalov
* SIZE: 135x135 cm/'53.14x53.14 inches'
* MEDIUM: oil, canvas
* HAND PAINTED: Original painting from our collection
* CONDITION: we tried to convey the maximum information with the help of photos about this product
About the artist: He was born in 1965 in the city of Novy Bug.
1983—1987 — Dnipropetrovsk State Art School.
1987—1993 — Kyiv State Art Institute.
Since 1993, co-founder of the art commune "Squat on Olehivska Street", the activity of which has two periods:
1993—1996 — "classic squat" (occupation of premises for workshops and housing, exhibition activity, as a practice of introduction into society).
1996-2006 — "fictitious squat" (author of the project — Fiction Gallery Expedition. — going beyond workshops and galleries (institutions) into open urban space.
The founder of the Hill-art direction (art on the hills), within the framework of which actions were held and facilities were created on the hills of Kyiv.
2010-2020 - develops the author's mythology, which he called "Infodelica".
The creator of paintings, promotions, objects and video art.
Lives and works in Kyiv.
EXHIBITIONS
Personal exhibitions:
2020 - Recreation room, Kyiv History Museum, Kyiv
2019 - "Voices", CSM "Soviart", Kyiv
2018 - "Two Pages", Kyiv History Museum, Kyiv
2017 - "Point of support", CSM "Soviart", Kyiv
2016 – "Presidency", CSM "Soviart", Kyiv
2016 - "Relax", CSM "Soviart", Kyiv
2015 – "Wi-Fi", DTEK Academy, business center "Eurasia", Kyiv
2013 - "Infa&infadelika", 8-bit Gallery, Kyiv
2012 - "Infa", Gallery "Forest", Moscow, Russia
2011 - "Infa", RA Gallery, Kyiv
2010 – I. Konovalov, Museum of Sovr. image of Arts of Ukraine (MSIIU), Kyiv
2009 – "Golden Mountains", RA Gallery, Kyiv
2008 - Ctrl-Z, RA Gallery, Kyiv
Group exhibitions:
2020 – ART CAPITAL, Grand Palais, Paris. Salon Comparaisons, groupe Alain Campello
2017 - "Squat on Olehivska Street", Sumy Municipal Gallery, Sumy
2015 – Museum collections, Ukrainian modern art. (1985-2015)
2015 – "Coefficient of independence" (America House), Kyiv
2015 - "Art for the sake of life" - charity project, "Art Arsenal", Kyiv
2014 - The 21st nude art exhibition "MAN & WOMAN", At the Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia
2012 - "Squat on Olehivska Street", M17 Center of Contemporary Art, Kyiv
2012 - Art-Moscow, 16th International Art Fair, Moscow, Russia
2011 - "Independents", New art of the new country 1991-2011, "Art Arsenal", Kyiv
2011 – "Space Odyssey-2011", "Art Arsenal", Kyiv
2010 - Art project "AUT" - international art project, Chocolate House, Kyiv
Press:
• Catalog for a personal exhibition: I. Konovalov, Museum of Modern Fine Arts of Ukraine (MSIIU), "Infa", "Forest" Gallery
• The book "Squat on Olehivska Street" (1993 - 2015), Kyiv
• Collection of the Museum of Ukrainian Modern Art 1985–2015 from private collections
25 years of presence. Modern Ukrainian artists. 1991-2016, Kyiv
• Collection of catalogs of participation in numerous exhibitions and auctions
Works are located:
• Dnipropetrovsk Art Museum
• Museum of Modern Fine Arts of Ukraine (MSIIU)
• Kyiv History Museum
• In private meetings: Boris and Tetyana Hrynievych, Igor Voronov, Igor Abramovich, Oleg Krasnosilskyi, Volodymyr Kashirskyi, and others.
Reserve: $2,415.00
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Oil painting Tibetan fog Igor Konovalov
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