Orange madmen in green rooms 1990

Oleg Holosiy made "Orange madmen in green rooms", measuring 74 by 200 centimeters, with paint, at some unknown time. What a trip. The orange figures feel trapped in the green space, like they’re moving through something thick and viscous, struggling against the paint itself. I can imagine Holosiy pushing and pulling the paint, the image shifting with each layer. The green seems to push forward and the orange recedes – they vibrate. I wonder what he was thinking about when he made this. Was he trying to capture a feeling of unease or disorientation? Are they figures or landscapes? Or both? The rawness and ambiguity remind me of other painters who embraced the messy, unresolved aspects of painting. There's something very physical in the application of paint, a directness that bypasses refinement in favor of immediacy. Artists, through the ages, are in an ongoing conversation, you know, inspiring each other. So much more interesting than any fixed idea.