Information about the work
The work Scream [Zoik] (canvas, tempera, 1991, acquired for the Khmelnytskyi Regional Art Museum collection from the author in 1993) balances on the verge of abstract and figurative painting. It is evident that abstraction inevitably wins. After all, it is closer to the artist’s creative quests, his immersion in the study of archetypal images and states. A “loud” work by title and color palette, it is extremely paradoxical in its choice of artistic language: the openly optimistic mood of the palette of primary colors is torn by harsh lines that occasionally outline and sometimes pierce the accumulations of forms.
Slightly below the center of the work is an anthropomorphic image drawn with quick, sketchy brushstrokes. When delving into the space of the work, it seems that this very fragile blue-red-green figure is the main image of the work, the inner state of which is splashed across the entire surface of the canvas. Malyshko creates a visual embodiment of a person’s emotional state, subtly crystallized and nuanced. After all, a cry is the first reaction to traumatic events, a short sound manifestation of a state of shock as a reaction to a certain event. In this short and piercing non-verbal sound, the energy of pain is concentrated, which subsides over time, yet forever leaves spiritual scars.
Oil on canvas, tempera. 100 × 120
