Ivan KorshunovShooter, 2013 ·
(from the “Alter Ego” series)
Oil on canvas · 138 × 222 cm · Russia

The marksman, killing his guardian angel with a laser gun, serves as a symbol of disrupting the fragile wonder through cutting-edge technologies — an attempt to assess harmony with an algebraic equation. The "Shooter" is a painting illustrating the substitution of concepts and meanings in contemporary society.

Modern scientists have long explored the weight of the soul, venturing beyond the sacred with the help of science. The artwork depicts how the very notion of wonder crumbles when measured by scientific categories.

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