Description

LOT 53 Andriy Bludov. Voices. Mixed media

25 x 42 cm, painted in 2023.

The artist created a unique painting masterpiece literally on the Artifacts of War. But first, a bit of history – it all started when our heroic soldiers collected from the very heat of battle the lids of the transport and launch containers of the Ukrainian S-300 air defense systems, which are knocked out during the launch of a missile, and these lids became an unusual basis for real paintings. By the way, all the artifacts were directly used by our artillery soldiers during combat operations to protect the Ukrainian sky.
All funds raised through the sale of works during the exhibition and auction will go to support the military, who are regularly supported by the Cossack Drive charity foundation.

The painting presented at this exhibition is part of the Voices painting project dedicated to the history and identity of Ukraine. The project was successfully exhibited in the capital of Ukraine and then was to be presented in major museums in Ukraine, but this did not happen because of the war that is currently going on in Ukraine.

In the Voices project, Andriy Bludov creates paintings based on unique old photographs, transferring them to canvas using silk-screen printing, a technology popularized by Warhol and “promoted” by him. A photograph is a kind of document, a direct and immediate reflection of reality, precious moments of the past that we want to revive. In contrast to pure painting, which has long been seen as only an illusion, a “ghost of the real”… By combining both in a kind of hybrid genre, Bludov creates either the illusion of reality or the reality of illusion – an illusory and at the same time real image.