Vadim Kovalev demonstrates in his art an intriguing synthesis of the language of modern pop culture and traditional painting. Elements of surrealism in Kovalev's painting alternate with a sentimental sensuality, dressed in an effective and skilful pictorial language. His paintings create a visually powerful narrative that draws the viewer into the digital age and reveals some of the unknown aspects of modern culture. He impresses with stylistic diversity and the ability to move freely in the signs and techniques of painting. Undoubtedly, he is a romantic, because the world he depicts does not exist and has never existed, it is an escape inherent in romanticism on the self-created space of the mind, the search for the subconscious ideal.