Mascaron 1990

Oleg Holosiy made this painting, Mascaron, using paint on canvas measuring 38 by 46 cm. I can imagine Holosiy making this, starting with that dark, moody blue ground, and then coming in with these glowing, almost neon lines of orange and yellow, like the ghost of a face emerging from the shadows. It’s like he’s trying to catch something fleeting, a memory or a feeling, before it disappears. Those lines are so raw and direct, you can almost feel the speed of his hand, that urgent need to get it down. And the way they loop and connect, it’s not about perfect representation, but more about capturing the essence, the raw energy of a face. It reminds me a bit of some outsider art, where the artist is just channeling something primal, unfiltered. Painting is a conversation, after all. It's exciting to see artists like Holosiy take the baton and run with it, pushing the boundaries of what painting can be.