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Rudolf Kosow
Instantly (woman tennis player vintage surrealist oil painting monochrome grey)

2022

$5,160
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**The actual color of this piece is a monochrome off-white and dark grey palette. Rudolf Kosow’s Instantly is a striking monochrome oil painting that blends contemporary surrealism with vintage aesthetics, evoking both nostalgia and an eerie sense of dissonance. The composition captures a poised female tennis player mid-swing, her form elegant and dynamic, yet her head appears to dissolve into a gaping void—an unsettling rupture in reality. The grayscale palette, dominated by cool, desaturated blues and soft grays, amplifies the dreamlike and symbolic atmosphere, heightening the contrast between the precision of the figure and the inexplicable void consuming her face. The sense of motion, juxtaposed with the surreal fragmentation, suggests a moment of existential collapse—perhaps a metaphor for identity loss, the fleeting nature of victory, or the distortion of memory. Kosow’s ability to merge the familiar with the uncanny creates a deeply psychological composition, transforming a scene of classic athletic grace into an enigmatic vision of surreal estrangement. keywords; tennis, tennis player, woman tennis player, surrealism, vintage, oil painting, figurative painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, contemporary figurative painting, dreams, symbolic composition, nostalgia, fantasy
  • Creator:
    Rudolf Kosow (1972, German, Kazakhstani)
  • Creation Year:
    2022
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 51.19 in (130 cm)Width: 59.06 in (150 cm)Depth: 0.79 in (2 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Quebec, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU907111095602

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