At Sergei's #2 (In the bedroom) 1991

Oleg Holosiy made this mysterious painting, "At Sergei's #2 (In the bedroom)," using, what looks like, oil on canvas, and is about 200 x 120 cm. The color palette is really limited, like a memory half-recalled. Dark and brooding, with hints of orange that flicker like candlelight. It is hard to tell what is going on, but the marks suggest people are present. There's a real sense of the physicality of the paint, not really thin, but not super thick, just enough to let the texture of the canvas show through. Look closely, and you can see how the Holosiy layered the colors, letting the dark underlayers peek through the orange. It's like he's building up a story, layer by layer, and letting the past haunt the present. This feels so connected to other artists who were exploring the inner life, like Munch or maybe Paula Modersohn-Becker, but with its own specific rawness. Art is always echoing, like a conversation between artists across time.