One of the Eastern teachings states that there is a huge difference in perception between a person who looks at an elephant and an elephant who sees a person. A person knows certain things about elephants and already considers them through the prism of this knowledge, but an elephant has no idea who a person is, and therefore perceives him without distortion. Based on this, every inhabitant of the planet, according to Eastern wisdom, should strive for the same crystal clear perception of the world as the aforementioned elephant. Then things will acquire their true meaning and sparkle with the fullness of colors, sounds, possibilities.
Here lives in Australia a girl of seven years Aelita Andre, and she was able to convey her childish, pure perception of the world to us, adults, through her unusually talented work. The girl is an experienced artist: she created her first painting at 9 months old, still unable to walk. Dad, Australian artist Michael Andre, left a blank canvas in the living room, she crawled up to him and began to squeeze paint out of tubes ... And what she got as a result of this mixing led the baby to indescribable delight.
Since then, thanks to the care of her parents, Aelita has had everything for drawing: her own spacious workshop, a huge number of canvases of different sizes, a lot of acrylic paints, powdered dyes, sparkles, stars, butterflies, kitchen sponges, foil, various toys, details, beads, beads and all sorts of things, so that the inquisitive mind of a child and the boundless, inherent only in a child, imagination, find their splash on the canvas. The young artist is very serious and concentrated, her movements seem to be dictated by a childish wisdom. With the responsibility of the creator, she creates more and more new masterpieces.
But her canvases are recognized as highly artistic, according to critics, artists, art historians around the world. They recognize that color, composition, movement, liveliness play a special role in her works.
Aelita begins to create around the canvas with a game, which she plunges into, as if into a serious meditation. Arranging the figurines on the canvas with concentration, pouring rivers of colors, mixing components of different textures, she is carried away by the story that is born in her head, while transferring it to the canvas. The artist says that her paintings are abstract, but they have concrete objects about which she can tell a whole story.
Aelita is the smallest professional artist on the planet. Her first exhibition took place when she was two years old. Talent, of course, was transferred to her, first of all, at the gene level. Indeed, in addition to her father, an artist, her mother, Russian emigrant Nika Kalashnikova, is a photographer, and her grandfather was also a professional painter. The ingenious baby gives her viewer the opportunity to look at the world again, as once in childhood, with the pure eyes of a child.
Her canvases, made in the technique of expressive abstract art, sometimes resemble portholes that go straight into space. Fabulous placers of intergalactic dust and the twinkling of distant planets tear us away from the Earth, relieving us of gravity. The paintings whisper to us that it is never too late to become a child again, to break through the multi-layered rules, norms, teachings about understanding the essence of things and see the world as a huge, inviting cosmos, where there are many mysteries that we still have to solve ... But , with whom she is compared, said:
“It took me my whole life to learn to draw like a child”
The girl was more fortunate: her parents saw her talent as a painter in time and created all the conditions for its development. Aelita Andre has her whole life ahead of her, and she already possesses the skill that the great Pablo dreamed of and improves it every day.
4-year-old artist Aelita Andre. Illustration: teaminspiration.org.uk
Source: New fine art forum HalloArt.ru
Abstract artist Aelita Andre.
Miracle baby or miracle scam?
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“In New York, an exhibition of works by a 4-year-old girl opened in a gallery in the Chelsea area. Her paintings are so interesting to adults that they buy her paintings for tens of thousands of dollars.
According to Channel One, the entire American press is discussing the girl's success. Aelita Andre is the daughter of an Australian artist and a Russian musician. She started drawing before she could walk. When parents noticed that the child was not just obsessed, but his work also seemed interesting, they turned to an expert for advice. “He looked at the paintings and said: yes, I really like it, I would like to exhibit it,” says the girl’s mother, Nika Kalashnikova. After the gallery owner found out that the author of the paintings was only 1.5 years old, he did not back down. The same thing happened in New York 2.5 years later.
The children's triumph gave rise to a serious discussion. Critics literally shout: "A child and high art are incompatible! Art is the result of meaningful action!" ….
However, the galleries of the world are already lining up with invitations. Aelita André can rightfully be considered the youngest professional artist in the history of art."
"Painted" by Aelita André at the age of 2:
Aelita Andre, Geisha in Red Komono - 120cmx70cm
One of the users new forum, acting under the nickname Tuareg, was not too lazy to copy reproductions of more than a dozen paintings, which, as the parents assure, were painted by Aelita at the age of one to three years. Therefore, if the samples presented here are not enough for you, you can look at additional reproductions either on our website or on Aelita's personal website. Here is the comment Tuareg by studying the creativity of the child:
“The site is poorly made. Could you order a professionally made site for the sale of at least one painting?! And photos to be in focus ...
I have already formed an opinion about this prodigy. Pay attention to the large formats of the paintings - everything is like one more than a meter (do not confuse inches and centimeters!). Look at the technique with the use of small parts, which at this age should not be given to children.
It would seem that the parents did everything possible to prove to potential fans of the young artist's work that Aelita draws her paintings on her own. But here's what the forumist noticed under the nickname Posav after looking at the photos and videos posted in large numbers on the Internet:
“When I watched the video, it turned out to be not as interesting as in the illustration. The child sits on his knees and pours slurry under his feet from helpfully placed vials. There is no conscious action there. Well, of course, the color of the background, the color in the bottles and glitters, accessories are chosen by the parents. It looks like a commercial promotion, razvodilovo. Although, who knows, maybe this girl will become an artist.
...there is a finished background on the floor, and a child is pouring paint from bottles. In fact, it looks like drawings of a trained elephant. But in America they buy such drawings of elephants. Why not buy such drawings of a child?
"Painted" by Aelita André at the age of 2:
Aelita Andre, Dinosaur Islands 30"x24"
I confess that I feel guilty for mindlessly copying Forum, as it seemed to me, an interesting message without looking at the original. It seemed to me that Aelita's work would be more like a real children's work, both in size and style. But having looked at the pictures with a format two or three times larger than the child himself, I can only admit my excessive gullibility. A child can't draw like that. There is a hand and style of an adult, skillfully directing the actions of both the child himself and brilliantly managing the actions of the Internet community. Well, how can you not believe in a beautiful fairy tale, looking into the lovely eyes of such a sweet child?! It is this gullibility of people towards children that parents-puppeteers use.
It seems to me that everything is clear. The advertisement is engine of the trade. Whoever has eyes will see the truth. Anyone who is at least a little familiar with the contemporary art market is well aware of the value of the unfounded allegations that epigone paintings, supposedly of a four-year-old girl, can cost more than the works of talented Russian artists.
I can only advise business parents to take better photos if they really want people to believe at least a little in the beautiful legend of expensive sales. Which, of course, are not officially registered anywhere. After all, when information allegedly about the sale of children's paintings for tens of thousands of dollars spreads “in the blue eye”, is it really impossible to hire a professional photographer to make a high-quality portfolio?
It is also worth being more modest with the formats of the pictures, they are painfully large for such a small child. However, I understand, I understand… The market requires large sizes.
My conclusion is another scam in the art world. A scam, sewn industriously, but not too thoughtfully and professionally. The authors of this project clearly failed to stay within the bounds of plausibility. Ostap carried ...
It's amazing that journalists from the mainstream media let such unverified information pass by doing free publicity for fine art adventurers. I can’t use another word - any person who is more or less versed in art will quickly see the whole unreliability of the legend about the juvenile abstract artist. And I recommend that potential buyers get to know the author and his work better before parting with money.
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Aelita is a celebrity among certain circles of connoisseurs of abstract painting, she began to "create" her works when she was not yet two years old. It is clear that there is no talk of landscapes, but she succeeds in abstractionism well, like all children.
One day, the director of the Brunswick Street Gallery in Melbourne, Mark Jemison, at a meeting with one of the photographers, saw pictures of works by an unknown author, and agreed to include them in the program of the annual exhibition. Booklets were printed, advertisements were given in specialized magazines.
When the car was started, he learned that the author of the pictures was the daughter of the photographer, two-year-old Aelita. The director was, of course, in shock, but it was decided not to change the program of the exhibition, and the paintings of the young talent saw the light.
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Nine years ago, a girl with a unique talent was born. Her name is Aelita Andre. The youngest artist in the world has already sold paintings worth more than one million dollars.
short biography
A talented girl from Australia. Her family lives in the city of Melbourne. The birthday of the little artist in winter is January 9th. She turns 10 next year.
Aelita Andre's parents are also involved in art. Her father is the famous Australian artist Michael Andre, and her mother, Nika Kalashnikova, works on creating art photographs. The mother of a gifted girl is from Russia.
Hobbies and passions
If you do not take into account the special talent, then Aelita Andre is quite an ordinary girl. She learned two languages English and Russian (she prefers to speak the latter). The young artist loves chocolate most of all.
Also, nine-year-old Aelita enjoys playing the piano and attends gymnastics training. She enjoys making crafts, which she often brings to kindergarten. The artist enjoys watching TV. Like all children her age, she loves animal shows and cartoons. She is especially interested in videos about dinosaurs. The girl is fond of astronomy, often watching the program "Cosmos".
Talent Discovery
Drawing is a hobby of the whole Andre family. Little Aelita watched the creative process of her parents from early childhood. She saw how adults paint on large canvases right on the floor. Once Michael Andre, while working on another painting, left a piece of paper unattended for a while. When he returned to the canvas, he saw that the nine-month-old baby crawled to the paints on her own and smeared them simply with her hands. Aelita Andre did it with such enthusiasm and passion that the surprised father allowed his daughter to continue painting.
Since then, the girl has been constantly creating with her parents, who gave her separate sheets of paper for this.
The rapid development of the artist's career
In 2009, when the baby was not yet 2 years old, my mother took Aelita Andre's drawings and showed them to her friend Mark Jemison, director of the Brunsik Gallery. Nika Kalashnikova did not tell the art critic who the author of the works was in order to avoid bias. Mark Jamison rated several paintings and exhibited them at a group show in Melbourne. When the public found out how old the artist was, everyone was shocked. Some made accusations against the parents, allegedly they use their daughter for profit. But Nika and Michael never forced the baby to draw, this is entirely her initiative.
Just a few months later, the artist Aelita Andre became famous in China. Her canvases were exhibited at the Australian Girl's Masterpieces group, which made a splash in the art world. One of her paintings was sold for $24,000.
Personal exhibitions
Five years ago, the whole world learned about a young talent named Aelita Andre. The artist's work has been exhibited at the Agora Gallery in the United States. Personal vernissage took place in the summer of 2011 in New York, it lasted for 22 days. The exhibition was organized at the expense of the author's personal funds.
The exposition included more than twenty paintings, nine of which were sold immediately for more than 30 thousand dollars. The cost of the paintings ranged from $10,000. After such success, the girl began to be called "baby Picasso", "phenomenon", "wunderkind". The exhibition was called The Prodigy of Color (Miracle of Color).
Three months later, Aelita's paintings went to Italy. In the city of Tuscany in September 2011, the second individual exhibition of the young artist was opened. Most of the paintings sold have joined the exposition range of private collectors.
Recognition by world art historians
Michael Andre and Nika Kalashnikov support their daughter in every possible way. Parents provided the young artist with everything necessary. They equipped a modern workshop for her, bought a wide variety of paints and sparkles.
Artist Aelita Andre works in the style of expressive abstract art. Her paintings have received worldwide recognition. Well-known critics and experts in the field of art appreciated the girl's paintings as highly artistic. In their opinion, movement and color, composition and liveliness play a special role in Aelita's masterpieces.
A young talented artist in her own way tunes in to work. She comes up with a story, which she then embodies on canvas. In her paintings, the girl uses not only acrylic paints, but also other materials, such as tree bark or branches, dinosaur figures or balls.
A small Australian artist herself determines the place and time for creativity. Sometimes she has a desire to paint even at night. In the process of creative height Aelita Andre (whose paintings are recognized as highly artistic) can be distracted from work for several hours. But after some time, the girl always returns to the canvas to finish her next masterpiece.
Some art historians have repeatedly expressed doubts about the full authorship of the artist's paintings, they are too good. In their opinion, one of the baby's parents could "make a hand" in the masterpieces. But Nika and Michael claim that their daughter is simply obsessed with painting and they do not interfere in her creation process.
Pictures of the youngest artist in St. Petersburg
This year, on September 2, Aelita Andre's personal exhibition "Music of Infinity" opened in Russia. The works of the Australian artist-phenomenon are located in the Museum of the Academy of Arts in the cultural capital of the Russian Federation - in St. Petersburg. The exposition presents more than fifty paintings by Aelita, collected over all her years of creativity. Also, museum visitors saw photographic works, sculptures, personal items and pencil sketches of the artist.
The exhibition also features sound paintings by Aelita André. A nine-year-old girl independently and unconsciously created a new movement in the art world "magical expressionism". She combined painting and sound.
According to the plan of the organizers, "Music of Infinity" was supposed to last a month. But the Russian audience liked the works of the youngest artist on the planet so much that the exhibition was extended for another ten days.
Pictures painted by young Aelita
An Australian girl has painted many canvases in her eight years of creativity. She presented such paintings as Dinosaur Island, Space Ocean, String City, Fairy Island, Peacock in Space, Kangaroo, Southern Cross.
According to Aelita Andre herself, she will paint for the rest of her life. She needs painting like air and water. The girl-phenomenon plans to present more than one masterpiece to the world. We wish her good luck and inspiration!
