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Night of Fools. Carnival in Venice, 2003
Bakin Sergey- Technique
- Pastel on cardboard
- Dimensions
- 80 × 105 cm
- Year
- 2017
Masked carnival figures crowd a hazy gold-streaked scene, with ghostly disembodied heads floating above and a grinning jester mask looming in the foreground.
- Style
- Surrealism
- Mood
- Mysterious
- Themes
- Fantasy · Figurative · Music
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EMS: 7–10 days
- Packing
Over 100 cm: rolled in a tube
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About this work
A cluster of costumed carnival figures gathers at the base of a shadowy, golden-streaked space: veiled and feathered characters stand shoulder to shoulder, one beating a small drum, while a grinning jester mask with a tall pointed cap looms in the lower right corner. Above them, disembodied masks and skull-like faces seem to float in the murky upper register.
Built up in pastel with heavy vertical hatching, the palette moves from cool violet-gray at the edges to streaked ochre and gold at center, giving the surface a feverish, rain-like shimmer. Forms are rubbed and layered rather than outlined, dissolving costume into face, and the crowding of grotesque masks against the glowing backdrop creates an unsettling, carnival-nightmare mood.
