Coven (2026) Original Mixed-media Painting by Lena Langer
50 x 70 x 2cm (unframed) / 50 x 70cm (actual image size)
£1,010.23
Original artwork description
“Coven” is an original contemporary painting by Lena Langer, created with acrylic and markers on canvas as part of her Master and Margarita series — a visual interpretation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel.
The composition transforms a supernatural literary episode into a bold, graphic scene built from flat planes, angular figures, and strong contrasts of color. The figures gathered beneath the moon are simplified almost to signs, while the night sky and geometric architecture create a theatrical stage for the action.
Rather than illustrating Bulgakov’s world literally, Lena Langer reinterprets it through a contemporary visual language. The painting combines recognizable literary references with flatness, asymmetry, and a deliberately decorative structure. The characters become part of a visual code — expressive, immediate, and slightly ironic.
The work is driven by contrast: the pale moon against the dark sky, the sharp blue and violet areas against warmer pink and red tones, and the rhythmic repetition of elongated figures below. This creates a sense of movement and ritual without relying on conventional realism.
As in Lena Langer’s broader practice, cultural memory is filtered through the aesthetics of contemporary media. Familiar literary imagery is reduced to a concise and instantly readable visual form, somewhere between illustration, symbol, and modern icon.
The atmosphere is playful, surreal, and slightly unsettling at the same time. The scene retains the absurd theatricality associated with The Master and Margarita, while the simplified forms give it a distinctly modern and decorative character.
With its vertical format, vivid contrasts, and strong graphic rhythm, “Coven” can become a striking focal point in a contemporary, eclectic, or literary-inspired interior.
Artist: Lena Langer
Title: Coven
Series: Master and Margarita
Medium: Acrylic and markers on canvas
Size: 50 × 70 cm
Orientation: Portrait
Original artwork: One of a kind
Materials used:
Acrylic, markers, canvas
Details:
- Mixed-media painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 50 x 70 x 2cm (unframed) / 50 x 70cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the back
- Style: Graphic
- Subject: People and portraits
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Original artwork description
“Coven” is an original contemporary painting by Lena Langer, created with acrylic and markers on canvas as part of her Master and Margarita series — a visual interpretation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel.
The composition transforms a supernatural literary episode into a bold, graphic scene built from flat planes, angular figures, and strong contrasts of color. The figures gathered beneath the moon are simplified almost to signs, while the night sky and geometric architecture create a theatrical stage for the action.
Rather than illustrating Bulgakov’s world literally, Lena Langer reinterprets it through a contemporary visual language. The painting combines recognizable literary references with flatness, asymmetry, and a deliberately decorative structure. The characters become part of a visual code — expressive, immediate, and slightly ironic.
The work is driven by contrast: the pale moon against the dark sky, the sharp blue and violet areas against warmer pink and red tones, and the rhythmic repetition of elongated figures below. This creates a sense of movement and ritual without relying on conventional realism.
As in Lena Langer’s broader practice, cultural memory is filtered through the aesthetics of contemporary media. Familiar literary imagery is reduced to a concise and instantly readable visual form, somewhere between illustration, symbol, and modern icon.
The atmosphere is playful, surreal, and slightly unsettling at the same time. The scene retains the absurd theatricality associated with The Master and Margarita, while the simplified forms give it a distinctly modern and decorative character.
With its vertical format, vivid contrasts, and strong graphic rhythm, “Coven” can become a striking focal point in a contemporary, eclectic, or literary-inspired interior.
Artist: Lena Langer
Title: Coven
Series: Master and Margarita
Medium: Acrylic and markers on canvas
Size: 50 × 70 cm
Orientation: Portrait
Original artwork: One of a kind
Materials used:
Acrylic, markers, canvas
Details:
- Mixed-media painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 50 x 70 x 2cm (unframed) / 50 x 70cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the back
- Style: Graphic
- Subject: People and portraits
