This painting presents a sophisticated visual paradox: a woman dressed in the refined style of a 17th-century portrait — black dress, lace collar, white bonnet — is interrupted by unmistakably modern details. Her oversized black sunglasses and a paper bag of popcorn infuse the classical composition with humor and irony. A few popcorn kernels float mid-air, adding cinematic tension and suggesting a moment suspended between eras. With meticulous technique and symbolic subtlety, this artwork explores the dialogue between past and present, tradition and mass culture. Both thought-provoking and visually striking, it invites the viewer to reflect on the surreal juxtapositions of contemporary life. Created with Dutch acrylic paints Amsterdam on Italian canvas Unico, finished with a satin varnish. The edges are painted. It comes on a pre-stretched canvas mounted on a wooden frame. Piece is securely packaged in a cardboard box with bubble wrap and is signed by the artist, certificated.
Name: Nataliya Bagatskaya. Born: 1967, Horodyshche, Ukraine. Lives and works in Kyiv. She graduated from the University of Technology and Design in "clothing design" specialty. Profession: artist. Member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine. Specialization: acrylic painting. Style: hyperrealism, photorealism, contemporary realism. Historical techniques of oil painting, embodied in acrylic paints. Subjects: Still lifes, nature, environment, people. Has more than 30 group and 4 personal exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad. The works are presented in various printed publications, in particular "Kyiv in art", Italian magazine "Hyperrealism", "Artbox Project Basel. Miami" Artbox Project Barcelona 2.0, Switzerland, online magazines "ArtBaazar", as well as special projects "365 Days After" (international), "Women in Art", "Hryvnia Art" (Ukraine), etc. The works are part of the Museum's collection prominent figures of Ukrainian culture in Kyiv and the Korsak Museum of Modern Art in Lutsk.
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