Map of Ukraine 1970

Alla Horska made this "Map of Ukraine" with paint and ink, and it feels like a vibrant folk song. Look at how she's laid down these colors! It’s all about the process, right? The way the ink kind of bleeds, the paint not quite filling in the lines—it's like she's thinking aloud with her materials. The surface has this raw, almost provisional quality. Like a sketch, but with the full force of color. I love how the different sections are pieced together. Check out that musician figure on the right. The way the colors sit next to each other, not blending, but singing. This reminds me of Léger, or maybe even some early Hockney. It's like a conversation between different ways of seeing and making. This piece reminds us that art isn’t about perfection; it’s about feeling, about making marks that mean something, even if—or maybe especially if—they’re a little messy.