We've all marveled at pre-adolescent singers and musical prodigies. Check out this kid, featured in today's New York Post. Unbelievable!
While most kids her age are busy playing with Elmo and Dora, Aelita Andre is spending her time giving Andy Warhol a run for his money.
The 4-year-old Australian girl has become an international art-world sensation, producing a formidable collection of abstract paintings that have sold at shows from Italy to Hong Kong for tens of thousands of dollars and earned her comparisons to the greats, like Jackson Pollock and Pablo Picasso.
Aelita has now come to New York with a show starting today that is expected to set the city's art world on fire.
Nikka Kalashnikova
COLORFUL DEBUT: Aelita Andre, of Australia, is exhibiting her paintings at a gallery in Chelsea.
Some of her works for the show have already sold. An Italian collector bought three paintings -- including one called "Asteroid" -- for a total of $27,000. Her most expensive work was one sold in Hong Kong for $24,000.
"She's very excited for her opening . . . She will probably be running around making friends with everyone and singing," said her mom, Nikka Kalashnikova.
Kalashnikova and daddy Michael Andre admit their daughter's visit to New York may be turning her into a bit of an art diva.
"We took her to MoMA yesterday, and she was so upset that we were taking her to see other artists' work instead of going to her own exhibition," Kalashnikova said.
Aelita's inspiration ranges from dinosaurs to the solar system.
"I just do this and this and this but with many colors," she said, waving her hands in circles. "My favorite color is yellow."
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