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Rudolf KosowFilm Still #1 (portrait, western movie, cowboy, Hat, shadow, monochrome art)2025
2025
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A lone cowboy figure emerges from a stark, sun-bleached desert, his face swallowed in shadow beneath the brim of a worn hat. The cinematic framing and mid-chest crop evoke the drama of a paused Western, yet the facelessness and eerie stillness suggest something far more unsettling. With a desaturated palette and ghostly textures, Kosow conjures a surreal Americana—nostalgic yet disfigured. The absence of identity in the figure creates a powerful symbol of anonymity, masculinity, and myth. His body appears to dissolve into the vast, pale void behind him, suggesting erasure or memory fading. This haunting work plays on both vintage film aesthetics and contemporary surrealistic tropes, crafting an enigmatic moment that lingers like the echo of a forgotten story.
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- Creator:Rudolf Kosow (1972, German, Kazakhstani)
- Creation Year:2025
- Dimensions:Height: 15.75 in (40 cm)Width: 15.75 in (40 cm)Depth: 0.99 in (2.5 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Quebec, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU907116137992
Rudolf Kosow
Like images from a dream, Rudolf Kosow’s Surrealist figurative and still-life paintings and drawings conjure into reality otherworldly and absurdist scenes.
Kosow was born in 1972 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. From 1994 to 2000, he studied painting at the city’s State Academy of Fine Arts.
Now based in Germany, he divides his time between Stuttgart and the town of Laichingen. He creates oil paintings based on three subjects: humans, animals and landscapes. He invites the viewer to interpret each work’s enigmatic message. For instance, in Contact, an astronaut is seemingly unaware of a colossal cat’s peering eye. In Missing Pieces, Kosow depicts a couple considering the whereabouts of slices taken from a giant Black Forest cake.
Kosow also explores the nature of human relationships in his portraits, such as Couple and Discord. Capture features a large-scale image of a sleeping girl juxtaposed with a miniature soldier standing guard.
“I try to paint things as realistically and as close as possible to enhance the real impression,” Kosow says in his artist’s statement. Although the imagery in his paintings and figurative drawings can be strange and somewhat unsettling, Kosow’s unique interplay of light and shadow creates a sense of “calm, harmony and peace.”
Kosow has exhibited across Germany and France. His works are sought by collectors of 21st-century Surrealist art.
On 1stDibs, find a range of Rudolf Kosow’s paintings, drawings and more.
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