Colors of the Unconscious
A square canvas from Vatkin's central "Unconscious" theme, built from heavy textured strokes and described by the artist as a fairy-tale landscape of the changeable mind.
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Plants Labirynth
A dense, all-over tangle of plant forms dissolved into impasto strokes. The artist describes wanting to merge with the labyrinths that nature builds.
Golden Armour
A horizontal abstraction dominated by burnished golds and ochres, part of the body of work Vatkin made after evacuating his occupied village near Kharkiv.
Clash of Reflections
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Ataian's diploma painting from the Kyiv State Art Institute, set at the ancient Greek site of Olbia on the Black Sea coast. The museum also holds some twenty preparatory studies and drawings for it, making it one of her most thoroughly documented works.