{"product_id":"oil-painting-bird-igor-konovalov","title":"Oil painting Bird Igor Konovalov","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eGazing Into the Wild: The Intense Realism of 'Bird' by Igor Konovalov\u003c\/strong\u003e\"\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtwork Overview\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis detailed portrait captures the essence of a bird with a vivid clarity that challenges the boundaries of wildlife art. Set against a stark, unfocused background, the bird—rendered with incredible detail and precision—dominates the canvas. Its sharp gaze directly engages the viewer, creating a moment of silent conversation. The rich textures of its feathers, from the soft undercoat to the glossy, detailed pinions, are highlighted in shades of black, white, and brown, emphasizing the bird's regal and untamed beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vivid portrayal of the bird in \"Bird\" transcends mere observation; it probes deeper into the realms of connection and coexistence. Igor Konovalov, with his masterful strokes, not only captures the physical attributes of the bird but also encapsulates its spirit and the silent dialogue it shares with the world around it. The painting, while highlighting the isolation of the bird against a muted backdrop, also explores the theme of visibility and perception, typical of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ukrainianvintage.com\/collections\/konovalov-igor\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKonovalov's works\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. It delves into the reciprocal relationship between the observer and the observed, drawing parallels with the flow of information in modern society where every being is both a watcher and the watched.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis artwork is an invitation to explore the intricate layers of interaction within the natural world and our place within it. It prompts us to consider how much we truly see and understand about the creatures with whom we share our environments, and what their gazes might say about us in return.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Painting\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; margin-left: 0cm; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #1f2124; mso-fareast-language: RU;\"\u003eArtwork Details\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #1f2124; mso-fareast-language: RU;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTITLE\u003c\/strong\u003e: \"Bird\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eARTISTS\u003c\/strong\u003e: Igor Konovalov\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e: 190x140 cm\/'74.80x55.11 inches'\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMEDIUM\u003c\/strong\u003e: oil, canvas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #1f2124; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: RU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eTECHNIQUE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e: Original painting from our collection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #1f2124; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: RU;\"\u003eCondition and Detailed Viewing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #1f2124; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: RU;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--\u003e\u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: RU;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; margin-left: 0cm; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #1f2124; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: RU;\"\u003ePresented in impeccable condition, oil painting invites viewers to explore its every detail through comprehensive imagery, capturing all angles and facets of this stunning piece.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; margin-left: 0cm; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #1f2124; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: RU;\"\u003eAbout the Artist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; margin-left: 0cm; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eHe was born in 1965 in the city of Novy Bug.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1983—1987 — Dnipropetrovsk State Art School.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1987—1993 — Kyiv State Art Institute.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince 1993, co-founder of the art commune \"Squat on Olehivska Street\", the activity of which has two periods:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1993—1996 — \"classic squat\" (occupation of premises for workshops and housing, exhibition activity, as a practice of introduction into society).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1996-2006 — \"fictitious squat\" (author of the project — Fiction Gallery Expedition. — going beyond workshops and galleries (institutions) into open urban space.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2010-2020 - develops the author's mythology, which he called \"Infodelica\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe creator of paintings, promotions, objects and video art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLives and works in Kyiv.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEXHIBITIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePersonal exhibitions:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2020 - Recreation room, Kyiv History Museum, Kyiv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2019 - \"Voices\", CSM \"Soviart\", Kyiv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2018 - \"Two Pages\", Kyiv History Museum, Kyiv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2017 - \"Point of support\", CSM \"Soviart\", Kyiv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2016 – \"Presidency\", CSM \"Soviart\", Kyiv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2016 - \"Relax\", CSM \"Soviart\", Kyiv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2015 – \"Wi-Fi\", DTEK Academy, business center \"Eurasia\", Kyiv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2013 - \"Infa\u0026amp;infadelika\", 8-bit Gallery, Kyiv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2012 - \"Infa\", Gallery \"Forest\", Moscow, Russia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2011 - \"Infa\", RA Gallery, Kyiv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2010 – I. Konovalov, Museum of Sovr. image of Arts of Ukraine (MSIIU), Kyiv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2009 – \"Golden Mountains\", RA Gallery, Kyiv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2008 - Ctrl-Z, RA Gallery, Kyiv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGroup exhibitions:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2020 – ART CAPITAL, Grand Palais, Paris. Salon Comparaisons, groupe Alain Campello\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2017 - \"Squat on Olehivska Street\", Sumy Municipal Gallery, Sumy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2015 – Museum collections, Ukrainian modern art. (1985-2015)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2015 – \"Coefficient of independence\" (America House), Kyiv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2015 - \"Art for the sake of life\" - charity project, \"Art Arsenal\", Kyiv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2014 - The 21st figure art exhibition \"MAN \u0026amp; WOMAN\", At the Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2012 - \"Squat on Olehivska Street\", M17 Center of Contemporary Art, Kyiv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2012 - Art-Moscow, 16th International Art Fair, Moscow, Russia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2011 - \"Independents\", New art of the new country 1991-2011, \"Art Arsenal\", Kyiv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2011 – \"Space Odyssey-2011\", \"Art Arsenal\", Kyiv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2010 - Art project \"AUT\" - international art project, Chocolate House, Kyiv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePress:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Catalog for a personal exhibition: I. Konovalov, Museum of Modern Fine Arts of Ukraine (MSIIU), \"Infa\", \"Forest\" Gallery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• The book \"Squat on Olehivska Street\" (1993 - 2015), Kyiv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Collection of the Museum of Ukrainian Modern Art 1985–2015 from private collections\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e25 years of presence. Modern Ukrainian artists. 1991-2016, Kyiv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Collection of catalogs of participation in numerous exhibitions and auctions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorks are located:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Dnipropetrovsk Art Museum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Museum of Modern Fine Arts of Ukraine (MSIIU)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Kyiv History Museum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• In private meetings: Boris and Tetyana Hrynievych, Igor Voronov, Igor Abramovich, Oleg Krasnosilskyi, Volodymyr Kashirskyi, and others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #1f2124; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: RU;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePurchase and Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKonovalov's paintings are available for purchase as part of a broader \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ukrainianvintage.com\/collections\/conterporary-art\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ecollection of contemporary art\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, offering art lovers and collectors the opportunity to own original oil paintings on canvas that make significant statements. His works serve not only as decorative pieces but as profound commentaries on the nature of perception, making them valuable additions to any collection of modern art or \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ukrainianvintage.com\/collections\/portrait\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eportraits and genre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e scenes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more information on acquiring these works, including \"Bird,\" or to view \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ukrainianvintage.com\/collections\/konovalov-igor\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eother works by Igor Konovalov\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, please visit our gallery online or contact us directly. Each piece promises not just visual delight but a gateway to deeper understanding and appreciation of both art and life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ukrainianvintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45020317974666,"sku":"Kon121","price":3036.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0377\/1226\/5354\/files\/1_26822b46-c189-43a6-b5e9-734e63e8bc84.jpg?v=1716481647","url":"https:\/\/noframegallery.com\/en-ca\/products\/oil-painting-bird-igor-konovalov","provider":"NoFrame Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}