Martin Lawrence Galleries

It is very important to Liudmila Kondakova to make people happy with her art. Her technique is very complex, and her studio looks like an alchemist’s laboratory, set up to fuse reality and a dream. However, she does not include any complicated concepts that require you to read long articles with obscure, and unfamiliar terms. Her art is simple and pleasing to the eye of the viewer but is also full of photographic details that enchant your way through a city skyline, a scene, or on the object. She expects her art to be understood with the heart- from a person’s creative center. She hopes that people looking at her art will look at it with romance, light, and possibility in their hearts. She wants people to look at her art with parts of their creative spirit that can appreciate all the facets of life. In her work, Paris is depicted time and again, as to solidify Liudmila Kondakova’s love for Paris architecture and Parisian culture.

“Eiffel Tower at Midnight” is part of a 2006 collection of miniature lithographs produced as a comprehensive homage to Liudmila Kondakova’s dedication to the faces of cities. It amply demonstrates her wit, knowledge of art and the depth of her world travels. True to centuries of printmaking tradition, great pride was taken during the production of these prints. Liudmila Kondakova extensively participated in the entire printmaking process. The printer, Art Estampe, has been uncompromising in bringing the many essential steps necessary to ensure that these works are faithful to the artist's vision.

In “Eiffel Tower at Midnight” we see once again Liudmila Kondakova’s love for Paris, architecture, and Paris rooftops. The midnight sky is illuminated by the moon, and the lights shining through the windows add a magical effect to the composition. The moon and the Eiffel tower are shown next to each other, as to prove that just like the moon the Eiffel tower is a quintessential part of life in the city of lights. ‘Eiffel Tower at Midnight” is a 2.75 x 2 – inch hand-signed lithograph.