The Telegraph reports:
Her art exhibition is far from child’s play, with Agora Gallery having already sold four of Aelita’s paintings, which go for up to £6,000 [about $9,800] each, before the show opened to the public and another five on the day.
Her vibrant, colourful, abstract works are painted onto huge canvases often with children’s toys and other small objects stuck to them.
Attempting to explain one of her paintings titled The Dog & the Alien, Aelita said: “That is the river. That is the boat with the oar and the rainbow.
The tiny Australian’s art is shockingly good—heads above what the average pre-schooler usually creates. Though she’s never had any art history education or formal training, Aelita’s style evokes comparisons to Jackson Pollack and other stars of the abstract expressionist movement—the kind of paintings you would see at the Pompidou and say “What’s the big deal? My kid could do that.” But could they do it on purpose?
As the curator of the gallery points out, the difference is that “she is consistent” and her paintings are surprisingly balanced. Her parents are both artists, so undoubtedly she’s been exposed to the greats since infancy. But the step from seeing art and creating it is a big one for a girl who doesn’t yet know how to read.
It’s hard to know what to make of the work of this little girl the art world is buzzing about. It’s clear she has talent, and the video on the Telegraph’s site shows a tiny artist who seems to be deliberate about where she puts the paint. But would you pay the $24,000 the Sydney Morning Herald reports a Hong Kong collector paid for her painting of the Russian Mir space station?
Check it out for yourself: The prodigy of colour by Aelita Andre is showing at the Agora Gallery in New York until June 25. And here is Aelita’s website, in case she makes you a believer!
