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Red Work 501

dontsov

2004

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Contemporary

Dominant colour

Red Work 501 is a 2004 by dontsov, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: dontsov
When & what style?: 2004
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

The story of this work

Overview

The work is a vertical-format sheet featuring a square image painted in blue and red that depicts a male nude from the waist up. Executed in polymer on aluminium, the piece employs a hyper-realistic style with a glossy surface resembling photographic emulsion. The saturated hues of blue and red create tonal equivalence, allowing the figure to shift between positive and negative depending on the viewing light.

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About the artist

Artist

dontsov

Dontsov made bold, flat-color prints like Red Work 501. The image piles thick crimson shapes into simple, graphic stacks—no shading, no ground, just color pushing forward. The 2004 date shows it’s fresh from this…

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