Where is another bunny? (front side) 1990

Curator: This print by Oleg Holosiy, made in 1990, is titled "Where is another bunny? (front side)". I am immediately struck by how the artwork is broken up in these sections: on the top left you have a furry animal or drawing of one, perhaps dead?, top right appears to have the suggestion of nude bodies, the bottom right bunnies in numbers and finally on the left an expression of what appears to be terror. I sense fragmentation—almost like looking through fractured windows. Editor: I agree. The distinct segments really create a sense of disjointed narratives fighting for attention. I find it almost jarring in its chaotic arrangement of imagery. It really triggers something raw, emotional even at first sight. Curator: Right, and the rabbit, a classic symbol. Fertility? Fear? Vulnerability? These stark quadrants offer so many angles to consider its meaning. Editor: I see the erotic art tag here also - how that also speaks to those fractured representations - the role of the erotic but the figures obscured. Almost suggesting a violent and complex relationship to pleasure. Also to the vulnerability expressed in a time and society facing the AIDS crisis perhaps. It begs us to interrogate what it means to want, to desire, when life itself is so fragile and uncertain. Curator: That's an interesting lens. The figures, trapped or embraced in these vermillion spaces – a symbol of intense emotion, right? Meanwhile, the swarm of bunnies could represent abundance and unbridled reproduction and then we look at the apparent death and terror shown in the other parts of the frame. Editor: The whole structure has this '90s pre-internet patchwork feel that now evokes these fragmented bits of information and cultural panic from the AIDS crisis as mentioned but even wider themes of identity as it emerged in this period. And the eroticism, especially within that context, makes it so poignant. What the frame presents, that framing feels extremely intentional, to ask viewers to think critically, or in different sections. Curator: Absolutely. Holosiy here provides almost a psychological landscape; this isn’t merely representational— it’s actively exploring human emotions and social conditions through accessible and loaded symbols. The figures, animals and composition feel weighted by collective trauma but maybe some type of hope, by asking this searching question? Editor: Holosiy's artistic style provides a reminder to me. We cannot disassociate these visual components from wider narratives of vulnerability. It seems Holosiy captured this with very impactful directness.