In Strange Games, Andrey Novikov constructs an unsettling psychological interior where childhood innocence collides with emotional ambiguity and symbolic tension. Two children occupy a luminous architectural space that appears suspended between dream, memory, and emotional theatre. At the centre of the composition, a child aims a bow toward a ghostlike reflected figure trapped within a monumental mirror-like structure. The scene resists literal interpretation, operating instead through emotional symbolism and spatial instability. The quiet gaze of the girl in the foreground introduces a powerful psychological counterpoint, transforming the composition into a meditation on perception, vulnerability, and the fragile boundaries between play and violence. Executed in oil on linen, the work combines refined figurative painting with translucent glazing, expressive abstraction, and cinematic light. Cold blue architecture and luminous white surfaces are interrupted by vivid pink and orange accents, producing the distinctive atmospheric tension characteristic of Novikov’s Inside project. Despite its large scale, the painting retains an intimate emotional presence. The composition invites prolonged contemplation, gradually revealing layers of psychological unease beneath its quiet surface. Part of the Inside project, Strange Games continues Novikov’s exploration of emotional architecture, symbolic space, and contemporary human fragility. A museum-scale contemporary figurative painting intended for collectors of psychological realism, symbolic contemporary art, and intellectually driven interiors.
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Original Artwork
Oil on linen
100 × 250 cm
2025
Part of the Inside project
Signed by the artist
Certificate of Authenticity included
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