Important words

This body of paintings continues what can be described as the Bratkov effect - a mode of artistic impact in which the image ceases to function as representation and instead becomes a field of direct pressure. Words, short phrases, and fragmented statements appear as visual strikes: isolated, abrupt, stripped of explanatory context. In these works, text registers a condition - fractured, tense, and deprived of causal logic. The large scale, sharp chromatic contrasts, and radical compositional reduction intensify the experience of confrontation.

The series Important Words by Sergey Bratkov was featured as part of his solo exhibition My Brother’s Cats at Kunstmuseum Magdeburg in Magdeburg, Germany, which was on view from 9 June to 6 October 2024.

8 works, acrylic on synthetic canvas (~215 × 160 cm)