LAB ART PRIZE - MILAN 2026
ELEONORA GUDENKO Italy Painting

Artwork title : Madonna _ 110x150cm_acrylic on canvas_2026

The painting is a part of series "Offspring. Between Nature and Code" _ 2026

A bonobo holds a newborn robot in its arms, recalling the iconography of the Madonna and Child and its symbolic function of origin and protection. The work connects the instinct of care, inscribed in biological evolution, with the birth of the artificial, suggesting a genealogical continuity between species and technologies. The presence of symbolic leaves from the Tree of Knowledge introduces the theme of knowledge as an irreversible act: an acquired form of knowing that generates lineage, but also responsibility. The artificial entity thus emerges as a derivation of the human, inheriting archaic impulses and cultural practices.