Night 2006

Volodymyr Loboda’s ‘Night’ is a 100 by 200 cm painting. I'm imagining Loboda making it, pushing that brush around to build up this nocturne in blues and yellows, a dark, abstracted landscape. There's something about the thickness of the paint, how he lets it sit on the surface, that makes me think about the physicality of painting. You know, the way your arm moves, the pressure you apply, all those little decisions that add up to a big feeling. Look at those blue strokes across the top – they aren't just lines; they're like gestures, like a hand reaching out in the dark. It puts me in mind of other painters, like maybe Milton Resnick, who were also trying to capture something raw and immediate. It’s like they're all in this big conversation, bouncing ideas off each other across time. Painting isn’t about answers; it's about asking questions, being okay with the ambiguity.