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Stefan Stoikov
Artist from Ukraine
Stefan Stoykov was born in 1997 in Izmail, Odesa region, Ukraine. In his works, the author strives for imagery, refers to different epochs, using mythological images in a modern reinterpretation. Also, the painting is expressive and intuitive, revealing the internal dynamics of portraits and compositions. In this way, the artist tries to combine mass and classical art in his works.
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Madonna and Leopard
Painting by Stefan Stoikov
80 x 150 cm • Oil and canvas
Location:
Odesa, Ukraine
Omage to Jacques Fouquet's painting "The Virgin Mary." There are two leading ideas in this painting, the first of which is a reference in the upper graphic rectangle to Alfred Hitchcock's film of the same name, "The Birds." He shot this film during the Caribbean crisis and put the global danger of nuclear war into the image of birds, reflecting on the theme of a global catastrophe. And the second leading idea of Madonna in this painting with a leopard cub and not a person is a kind of emphasis on the tendency of people / in general of any culture to fetishize holy images and equate holy images with the cults of real people of mass culture. In the end, creating a disturbing image of Madonna, revealing the transience of moods and trends of modern
Location:
Odesa, Ukraine
About the artist
Stefan Stoikov
Artist from Ukraine
Stefan Stoykov was born in 1997 in Izmail, Odesa region, Ukraine. In his works, the author strives for imagery, refers to different epochs, using mythological images in a modern reinterpretation. Also, the painting is expressive and intuitive, revealing the internal dynamics of portraits and compositions. In this way, the artist tries to combine mass and classical art in his works.
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