The False Sign 1989

Vasiliy Ryabchenko's "The False Sign," of no specific date, presents a world where colors feel like whispers and forms emerge hesitantly. Ryabchenko's approach feels like a dance of intuition. The marks here are like little clues, suggesting more than they reveal. The green backdrop is like a hazy dream, the figures emerging from it like memories. The paint is thin, almost translucent, allowing the canvas to breathe. It’s as if Ryabchenko is interested in the act of becoming, rather than a fixed image. Take a look at the way the unicorn is rendered, it's not quite a unicorn, but something more like a feeling of one. Ryabchenko captures the essence of myth. There's a conversation happening here, a nod perhaps to Chagall's dreamlike narratives, or even the ghostly figures of Odilon Redon. The painting invites us to embrace ambiguity, to find beauty in the unresolved.