Artist Oleg Dou Creates Haunting Images of Youth
Cammilyn Scott — July 14, 2011 — Unique
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Artist Oleg Dou's second exhibition features his latest series of photographs titled Cubs. Cubs is a series of photographs representing children portrayed in a chalky and pale lifeless images resemblance of animals.
The images focus on the faces of children and the characters associates with varies animalistic features. The children are dressed in fancy and elegant attire, yet their smile-less faces lack emotion. The young cubs of the animal kingdom transform effortlessly into a series of characters from a startle eye deer to a grunt snout pig and a coil mane sheep.
This Oleg Dou series is eerily beautiful and fiercely eye-catching.
The images focus on the faces of children and the characters associates with varies animalistic features. The children are dressed in fancy and elegant attire, yet their smile-less faces lack emotion. The young cubs of the animal kingdom transform effortlessly into a series of characters from a startle eye deer to a grunt snout pig and a coil mane sheep.
This Oleg Dou series is eerily beautiful and fiercely eye-catching.
Trend Themes
1. Animal-inspired Art - The trend of incorporating animalistic features into artwork, especially in portraiture photography, presents an opportunity for artists to create visually stunning and thought-provoking pieces.
2. Emotionless Imagery - The trend of using pale and chalky images to depict emotionally vacant or expressionless subjects creates an opportunity for disruption in advertising campaigns that aim to convey a message without relying on emotional triggers.
3. Children's Fashion - The trend of dressing children in fancy and elegant attire, commonly portrayed in Oleg Dou's Cubs series, presents an opportunity for fashion designers to explore niche markets and create imaginative and visually striking children's clothing.
Industry Implications
1. Art - Incorporating animalistic features into art opens up an opportunity for masterpieces that are both visually appealing and thought-provoking.
2. Photography - Pale and chalky images of emotionally vacant subjects present an opportunity for photographers to create stunning visuals that capture attention and spark interest.
3. Children's Apparel - The use of fancy and elegant attire in children's fashion, as depicted in the Cubs series, can inspire fashion designers to explore experimental designs and niche markets that cater to parents seeking imaginative and visually striking clothing for their children.
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