A series on the deconstructed rococo paintings of Flora Yukhnovich.
In the history of art, it is defined compendiario (italian for "made with abbreviations") a depiction technique that favors a quick and unrefined definition of bodies, so that shapes are formed by the eye and the mind of the viewer rather than by the actual paint brushstrokes on the canvas (as it is typical, for example, for Impressionism).
Flora Yukhnovich draws inspiration from 18th century rococo paintings, and then replicates them in an extremely compendiario style: which means, for example, that she doesn't paint bodies, but rather colored stains that our eye might recognize to be bodies, and not necessarily.
She uses rococo paintings as a source of inspiration, but she does not replicate real, existing paintings: she rather manages to convey the same atmosphere thanks to the composition, the colour hues, the sense of light, the canvas format and dimensions.
The final effect is both undoubtedly contemporary, with the sense of movement and "approximation" of abstract art, and at the same time pays homage to this peculiare and often overlooked period in painting.
(images via her website).
A clear example below: François Boucher's Triumph of Venus (1740) and Flora Yukhnovich's reinterpretation of it (2022).
Images via her website.
If you want to hear everything (better) in her own words:
