88. 88AR VitaliV (Vinogradov) (British, born 1957) 'Porte vers le jardin numérique. Hommage à Matisse/ 'Door to the digital garden. Hommage to Matisse' signé du monogramme, inscrit 'London' et daté '2008' (en bas à droite) composite diasec 80 x 60cm (31 1/2 x 23 5/8in). signed with monogram, inscribed 'London' and dated '2008' (lower right) acrylic face mounting Vitali has developed a distinctive style he terms "schematism," a name he coined since he felt "digital art" was too generic. Drawing inspiration from microchips and computer design, his schematism works incorporate clean lines, precise geometries, and a technological aesthetic. Though rooted in the digital realm, he brings his style into the physical world through relief sculptures laser-cut then hand-painted in vibrant hues. In this unique approach, fusing computer-aided design programs, sculpture, and painting, he breathes tangible life into concepts born of code and electrons. The blended language of analog and digital is evident in his Schematism Series, a collection of three-dimensional paintings mapped with intricate circuit-board patterns in acrylic on aluminum. Vortextual forms meet pixelated gradients. Concepts that originated on screens take on mass and texture. In this fusion, the artificial intelligence of programmed media marries the organic intelligence of the artist's imagination. The works serve as bas-relief maps of blended terrain, reflections of the symbiosis between the thoroughly modern and the traditionally human. They present a vision of art in a technological society: locked in perpetual evolution, but still very much a handmade, personal act.