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Title: Oil painting The hostess came home Igor Konovalov

Description: No. Kon 139The oil painting on canvas titled "The Hostess Came Home" captures an enigmatic and surreal moment of confrontation, detachment, and existential questioning. A woman, dressed in a striking red and white dress with matching boots, stands motionless, her back turned to the viewer. Her gaze is fixed on the strange, faceless figures huddled together in an unnatural posture in the corner of the dimly lit, modern bedroom. The contrast between her structured outfit and their amorphous, draped forms creates an unsettling visual dialogue, suggesting themes of identity, alienation, and the passage of time. The faceless entities, clad in flowing white fabric that merges their bodies into an inseparable mass, appear to be both emerging from and collapsing into each other. Their posture, slumped and exhausted, conveys a sense of weariness, as if they have been waiting endlessly for the arrival of the hostess. The absence of facial features renders them anonymous, symbolic of lost identities or fragmented memories. The fabric covering them resembles a theatrical prop, as if they are playing roles in an eerie domestic drama, yet have lost their script or purpose. The setting is a sleek, minimalistic bedroom bathed in cold light, with deep purple bedding and monochromatic walls. The interior exudes an air of sterility, a place that is lived in yet devoid of warmth. The black floor reflects the figures faintly, enhancing the sense of a blurred boundary between reality and illusion. A single wall lamp, unlit, leans towards the bed like an observer, amplifying the feeling of silent tension. The stark geometric lines of the furniture contrast with the organic, fluid nature of the faceless figures, reinforcing the painting's unsettling atmosphere. Floating throughout the space are small, balloon-like creatures—abstract, insectoid forms rendered in glossy, transparent hues. These surreal elements, reminiscent of digital distortions or misplaced fragments of thought, hover between the hostess and the figures, forming an invisible barrier. Their playful shapes contrast sharply with the solemnity of the scene, suggesting an intrusion of the unreal into the mundane. The woman’s posture suggests both authority and hesitation. She has returned to a space that should feel familiar, yet something is undeniably wrong.

*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "The hostess came home"
* ARTISTS: Igor Konovalov* SIZE: 120x90 cm/'47.24x35.43 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.EXHIBITIONSPersonal exhibitions:2020 - Recreation room, Kyiv History Museum, Kyiv2019 - "Voices", CSM "Soviart", Kyiv2018 - "Two Pages", Kyiv History Museum, Kyiv2017 - "Point of support", CSM "Soviart", Kyiv2016 – "Presidency", CSM "Soviart", Kyiv2016 - "Relax", CSM "Soviart", Kyiv2015 – "Wi-Fi", DTEK Academy, business center "Eurasia", Kyiv2013 - "Infa&infadelika", 8-bit Gallery, Kyiv2012 - "Infa", Gallery "Forest", Moscow, Russia2011 - "Infa", RA Gallery, Kyiv2010 – I. Konovalov, Museum of Sovr. image of Arts of Ukraine (MSIIU), Kyiv2009 – "Golden Mountains", RA Gallery, Kyiv2008 - Ctrl-Z, RA Gallery, KyivGroup exhibitions:2020 – ART CAPITAL, Grand Palais, Paris. Salon Comparaisons, groupe Alain Campello2017 - "Squat on Olehivska Street", Sumy Municipal Gallery, Sumy2015 – Museum collections, Ukrainian modern art. (1985-2015)2015 – "Coefficient of independence" (America House), Kyiv2015 - "Art for the sake of life" - charity project, "Art Arsenal", Kyiv2014 - The 21st nude art exhibition "MAN & WOMAN", At the Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia2012 - "Squat on Olehivska Street", M17 Center of Contemporary Art, Kyiv2012 - Art-Moscow, 16th International Art Fair, Moscow, Russia2011 - "Independents", New art of the new country 1991-2011, "Art Arsenal", Kyiv2011 – "Space Odyssey-2011", "Art Arsenal", Kyiv2010 - Art project "AUT" - international art project, Chocolate House, KyivPress:• 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 collections25 years of presence. Modern Ukrainian artists. 1991-2016, Kyiv• Collection of catalogs of participation in numerous exhibitions and auctionsWorks 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.

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