Cheap ▷ “In the city” – (based on Lyubov Popova) by Viktor Konotopsky, 2010 | Cardboard Painting

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In “In the City,” renowned Ukrainian artist Viktor Konotopsky channels the spirit of Lyubov Popova’s Cubo-Futurism to reimagine the urban landscape as a kaleidoscope of motion, form, and light. The painting is a dynamic puzzle of intersecting arches, rooftops, and facades that merge and fragment in perpetual transformation. City structures bend and fold into one another, abandoning realism in favor of abstraction that pulses with energy. Through bold color contrasts and shifting geometries, Konotopsky captures not a specific city, but the feeling of urban existence—the noise, rhythm, and relentless construction of modern life. The composition suggests architecture in flux, reflecting how cities are not fixed but constantly evolving, just like the people within them. By distilling the metropolis into angular shapes and compressed perspectives, the artist invites viewers to see the city not merely as a location, but as a living system—a space of tension between chaos and order, past and future.