Mirage (2009) Painting by Victor Molev
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Original Artwork (One Of A Kind)
Painting,
Oil
on Canvas
- Dimensions Height 39.8in, Width 29.9in
- Framing This artwork is not framed
- Categories Paintings under $20,000 Symbolism Dark Fantasy
A sophisticated female figure, woven from wind and airy ribbons, flies over a fabulous city that reaches the clouds with its tiled roofs and golden domes. This is what Jerusalem looks like in the fantasy world of the Canadian artist and storyteller Viktor Molev. The author skillfully woven some real iconic places of the Holy City into the space of fantastic medieval architecture. These are the Western Wall of the Second Temple (Wailing Wall), the Minaret on the Tower of David, the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Mosque of Omar.
The figure over the city in a swift pose of a young impulse resembles, at the same time, an ancient swaddled mummy, and this, according to the author, symbolizes eternity and newness, past and future, reality and dream.
Everyone has dreams.
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Victor Molev is a contemporary award-winning Canadian artist. He is working in the styles of Decorative Realism, Fantasy, Symbolism and Surrealism. In the mid-1970s, as an aspiring young artist, he took drawing and painting lessons under the apprenticeship of Moscow sculptor Tatyana Vishnyakova. But it wasn’t until his early twenties that Molev became familiar with the works of Salvador Dali, Max Ernst, Rene Magritte, M.C. Escher and Frank Frazetta through books and magazines. Molev was incredibly inspired by these artists which became like mentors to him.
After receiving an education in architecture, the artist worked in the field for ten years. He then worked as a set designer at the Pushkin Opera and Ballet Theater. Both of these jobs are still reflected in the creative processes of the artist. He has created his own unique and intuitive world of dreams and absurdity. His works are sincerely naive and kind.
Victor Molev was born in 1955, in Gorky, Russia. His works were exhibited all over the world, including the Art Museum of Saint-Frajou, France. Molev has also participated in numerous international competitions of humorous drawing, and won numerous silver and bronze medals.
- Nationality: CANADA
- Date of birth : 1955
- Artistic domains:
- Groups: Contemporary Canadian Artists