Painting “The inconspicuous Man” (2024)

Materials: cardboard, acrylic, art paint Maimeri acrilico fosfo made in Italy (the peculiarity of the paint - glow in the dark, the paint is fluorescent).

Technique: painting, glaze

Direction: conceptual art, minimalism.

Specification: The longer the painting is exposed to light, the more active the light source that illuminates the painting, the brighter the painting glows in the dark. The peculiarity of Maimeri acrilico fosfo paint is that it needs to be infused with light to glow in the dark.

The painting is made on nuances, on converging tones in the technique of glaze. The technique of glazing creates a complex, multi-layered coating structure, whereby the lower layers glow and create complex shades by overlapping the translucent upper layers.

The painting looks different in daylight and in the dark. The silhouette of the head almost merges with the background in daylight, which makes the portrait not accentuated, dissolving in the environment. But in the dark, a luminous silhouette is seen, which turns into an accent in the darkness and goes beyond the picture in the darkness. In the illuminated space the painting is a soft combination of converging tones, in the darkness it is a luminous, bright, accent silhouette. The painting belongs to the conceptual direction in art and minimalism, but is built on complex color tones.

This is a work about unnoticed people, in a sense about hidden potential. Often a formulaic, superficial perception hides from us the true light of others, as well as each of us.

The colors in the photo may not differ significantly from the original, it depends on the settings of the computer monitor