When classical painting begins to play time travel

I remember talking to a friend once, and I asked: “If Da Vinci painted in modern times, what would he paint?”

He said: “Maybe he would not paint classical paintings, but paint like Picasso.

With Leonardo’s fashion, he should not be left behind, and even create some advanced paintings that we cannot understand. 

This answer is very interesting. It inspired my reverie about time travel in painting. At the same time, it also started me thinking: Is there a big difference between classical aesthetics and modern ones? Is the classic and the modern really completely separated?

Regarding these issues, the works of Ukrainian artist Alexey Kondakov may help us think. His works mainly use advanced digital synthesis technology to move the characters in classical oil paintings into modern life scenes. Alexey interpreted his work like this: Put the gods and angels into familiar life scenes which makes people feel the kind of common humanity that has been passed down for thousands of years, and this is also the bond that we share common beliefs and connect with each other.