Original artwork description:

Alexander Levich’s Blues for Blue Bus (2020, oil on canvas, 120x200 cm) is a contemplative large-format work that explores the forgotten edges of the built environment. The canvas depicts an abandoned light-blue minibus left on a muddy roadside, its body slowly rusting as weeds climb around it. A scattering of small houses recedes into the background, and the overcast sky adds to the subdued tone.

Levich often uses travel and its interruptions as metaphors in his work. Here, the bus serves as a striking emblem of journeys that have ended, of vehicles once full of movement now silent and immobile. The contrast between the faded blue of the bus and the earthy tones of its surroundings creates both harmony and tension, underscoring the emotional pull of the scene.

The painting is figurative, direct, and evocative. For many viewers, it recalls places they have seen but rarely stopped to consider – patches of landscape where time feels suspended. Levich’s sensitivity to mood ensures that the work resonates beyond its subject, becoming not just a record of abandonment but a poetic reflection on memory, place, and the quiet persistence of life at the margins.

Materials used:

Oil

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