Contemporary paintings by alexey kondakov 2 | < Back to Article

Ukrainian artist Alexey Kondakov takes scenes and figures lifted from classical paintings and drops them into modern-day life.Bouguereau’s Song of the Angels appears to take place on an empty subway car while a pair of men from Holbein’s famous The Ambassadors are transported to the table of a seedy bar. The usual encounter in museums and art history books has taken a new way out through an interesting and playful new context.Alexey Kondakov creates an "Art History In Contemporary Life" series... Read Full Post >