Lilia Kovalevskaya
Contemporary art
Graphic art
Liliya Kovalevskaya - (born 1989, St. Petersburg) - contemporary artist, painter and graphic artist. Graduate of the monumental painting workshop of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts named after I. E. Repin. In her artistic practice, Liliya Kovalevskaya explores issues of cultural memory, touching on themes of personal and collective identity that are transformed and adapted under the influence of the modern world.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I explore themes, ideas and feelings that are fundamental to human consciousness, but undergo changes in the new reality. The modern world is rapidly changing under the influence of digital technology, affecting the personality of each person and society. My art is aimed at studying how our consciousness is transformed in conditions of high speeds and a continuous flow of information. I reimagine the era of new technologies by working with digital artifacts and computer graphics aesthetics.
"DOWRY" PROJECT
The Dowry project is a unique creative dialogue between past and present, tradition and modernity. At the center of this project is the image of a woman whose identity and self-expression are at the intersection of ancient Russian culture and the rapidly changing digital world. Taking as a basis traditional techniques of wood painting, characteristic of ancient Russian masters, I create modern artistic images that combine elements of national identity and features of femininity of the 21st century. Against a background of ornamental motifs inspired by historical artifacts, images of girls appear whose appearance and lifestyle reflect the influence of digital culture.
The materials used in my project are oak panels, which I make myself, acrylic painting and silk-screen printing. This allows me to create unique works that combine ancient traditions and modern technologies, reflecting the versatility of the female image in a changing world.
Thus, the Dowry Project touches on important themes of national identity, tradition and modern femininity. It aims to initiate a dialogue about how the heritage of the past relates to the lives of women in an era of rapid technological and social transformation.
