Oil painting A person's walk through blogs Igor Konovalov

№Kon 138

The oil painting on canvas titled "A Person’s Walk Through Blogs" presents a melancholic yet surreal exploration of digital existence and emotional introspection. At the center of the composition, a pale, androgynous figure in an oversized muted green coat walks slowly, head lowered in deep contemplation. Their delicate features are illuminated by an unseen light source, casting soft shadows that accentuate the quiet sadness of their expression. The figure appears weightless, as if floating rather than walking, their movements hesitant, like someone lost in thought, processing an overwhelming influx of information. The background is a dreamlike gradient of soft pink and deep crimson, blending in an ethereal swirl, evoking the intangible nature of digital spaces. The color palette suggests both warmth and detachment—symbolizing the paradox of online interactions, where emotions are simultaneously shared and isolated. The surface of the ground, a barren, sandy terrain with sparse tufts of dry grass, reinforces the sensation of loneliness and detachment, as though the figure is traversing an emotional desert, a void filled with endless words and images but lacking real connection. Scattered across the canvas, ghostly bubble-like entities resembling abstract, floating digital icons or fragmented data streams hover around the solitary figure. These forms, semi-transparent and delicate, symbolize fleeting thoughts, fragmented online conversations, and intangible digital presences. Some are swirling away, dissolving into the atmosphere like forgotten messages, while others hover closer, as if whispering their influence into the traveler’s ear. Their soft luminescence contrasts with the deep hues of the sky, creating a sense of movement and impermanence—an echo of the rapid, ever-changing nature of the online world. The necklace around the figure’s neck, resembling a modern, metallic chain, could represent a connection to the digital sphere—perhaps a symbol of the algorithms and feeds that shape our perceptions. It might also suggest the weight of online identity, the expectations imposed by curated digital lives, or even the sense of entrapment within a cycle of scrolling, consuming, and reacting.

*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "A person's walk through blogs"
* ARTISTS: Igor Konovalov
* SIZE: 85x120 cm/'33.46x47.24 inches'
* MEDIUM: oil, canvas
* HAND PAINTED: Original painting from our collection
* CONDITION: we tried to convey the maximum information with the help of photos about this product

About the artist: He was born in 1965 in the city of Novy Bug.

1983—1987 — Dnipropetrovsk State Art School.

1987—1993 — Kyiv State Art Institute.

Since 1993, co-founder of the art commune "Squat on Olehivska Street", the activity of which has two periods:

1993—1996 — "classic squat" (occupation of premises for workshops and housing, exhibition activity, as a practice of introduction into society).

1996-2006 — "fictitious squat" (author of the project — Fiction Gallery Expedition. — going beyond workshops and galleries (institutions) into open urban space.

The 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.

2010-2020 - develops the author's mythology, which he called "Infodelica".

The creator of paintings, promotions, objects and video art.

Lives and works in Kyiv.

EXHIBITIONS

Personal exhibitions:

2020 - Recreation room, Kyiv History Museum, Kyiv

2019 - "Voices", CSM "Soviart", Kyiv

2018 - "Two Pages", Kyiv History Museum, Kyiv

2017 - "Point of support", CSM "Soviart", Kyiv

2016 – "Presidency", CSM "Soviart", Kyiv

2016 - "Relax", CSM "Soviart", Kyiv

2015 – "Wi-Fi", DTEK Academy, business center "Eurasia", Kyiv

2013 - "Infa&infadelika", 8-bit Gallery, Kyiv

2012 - "Infa", Gallery "Forest", Moscow, Russia

2011 - "Infa", RA Gallery, Kyiv

2010 – I. Konovalov, Museum of Sovr. image of Arts of Ukraine (MSIIU), Kyiv

2009 – "Golden Mountains", RA Gallery, Kyiv

2008 - Ctrl-Z, RA Gallery, Kyiv

Group exhibitions:

2020 – ART CAPITAL, Grand Palais, Paris. Salon Comparaisons, groupe Alain Campello

2017 - "Squat on Olehivska Street", Sumy Municipal Gallery, Sumy

2015 – Museum collections, Ukrainian modern art. (1985-2015)

2015 – "Coefficient of independence" (America House), Kyiv

2015 - "Art for the sake of life" - charity project, "Art Arsenal", Kyiv

2014 - The 21st nude art exhibition "MAN & WOMAN", At the Museum of New Art, Pärnu, Estonia

2012 - "Squat on Olehivska Street", M17 Center of Contemporary Art, Kyiv

2012 - Art-Moscow, 16th International Art Fair, Moscow, Russia

2011 - "Independents", New art of the new country 1991-2011, "Art Arsenal", Kyiv

2011 – "Space Odyssey-2011", "Art Arsenal", Kyiv

2010 - Art project "AUT" - international art project, Chocolate House, Kyiv

Press:

• Catalog for a personal exhibition: I. Konovalov, Museum of Modern Fine Arts of Ukraine (MSIIU), "Infa", "Forest" Gallery

• The book "Squat on Olehivska Street" (1993 - 2015), Kyiv

• Collection of the Museum of Ukrainian Modern Art 1985–2015 from private collections

25 years of presence. Modern Ukrainian artists. 1991-2016, Kyiv

• Collection of catalogs of participation in numerous exhibitions and auctions

Works are located:

• Dnipropetrovsk Art Museum

• Museum of Modern Fine Arts of Ukraine (MSIIU)

• Kyiv History Museum

• In private meetings: Boris and Tetyana Hrynievych, Igor Voronov, Igor Abramovich, Oleg Krasnosilskyi, Volodymyr Kashirskyi, and others.