Sleeping in the Garden of Gethsemane 1989

Oleg Holosiy’s painting “Sleeping in the Garden of Gethsemane” immerses us in a vibrant yet unsettling vision. The painting's swirling forms and dreamlike atmosphere draw the viewer into a world that feels both familiar and alien. Holosiy uses bold colors and dynamic compositions to challenge conventional representations of religious scenes. Here, human figures appear fetal, curled into themselves within vortexes of green and blue. The lack of clear, defined space, destabilizes traditional notions of perspective. The forms seem to float in a world unbound by gravity. We might read Holosiy’s work as a post-structuralist critique, dismantling established religious narratives through abstraction. Ultimately, the painting invites us to question the boundaries between the sacred and the profane, the real and the imagined. The vibrant color palette, combined with the fluidity of form, suggests not a fixed interpretation, but a continuous process of engagement and questioning.