View of a Church 

Sergiy Grigoriev created this oil on canvas painting, titled 'View of a Church.' The application of paint is quite direct. Notice the thick brushstrokes, and the way Grigoriev allowed different colors to mix on the canvas, achieving a sense of immediacy. The painting's subject is traditional, yet the artist’s handling of the oil paint conveys a modernist attitude. The work highlights an approach to painting that emphasizes the materials and processes behind its creation, and one can sense the physical act of painting in each visible brushstroke. By focusing on the materiality of paint, Grigoriev blurred traditional boundaries between representation and abstraction, and challenged conventional notions of what constitutes a finished work of art.