Naughty kids 1992

Oleg Holosiy made "Naughty Kids," a 150 by 100 cm painting, sometime before 1993. The colors are muted, like a memory fading, and the brushwork has a childlike looseness. It feels like watching a play where the actors forgot their lines. I’m drawn to the way Holosiy layers the paint, creating a textured surface that's both delicate and raw. There’s a tension in the materiality, a push and pull between control and chance, as if he were wrestling with the very act of painting. Notice the seated figure on the right with the thin dark line that defines the shape of its leg. It's almost as if Holosiy is using line in a sculptural way, building the form in front of our eyes. Holosiy's work reminds me of the paintings of Francis Picabia, where figuration and abstraction collide in a kind of beautiful, chaotic dance. Ultimately, "Naughty Kids" invites us to embrace the ambiguity and the multiple interpretations that art can hold. It's a reminder that meaning is never fixed.