Mon Aug 29
Sergey Bratkov
Sergey Bratkov, born in the Ukraine, took controversial photos of youth, army girls, secretaries, and souvenirs. He’s participated in more exhibitions than there are Disney films. He’s still alive. He’s to be considered in the Soviet and post-Soviet context. Judging by his photos, he’s probably a scary person in real life. But hey, aren’t most artists? Didn’t everyone besides James Franco freak out when they looked into the eyes of Marina Abramovic? Sergey is probably akin to that scene (click, it’s worth it) in 1979’s Alien, where that dude who finally gets the octopus off his face has a celebratory meal, only to have a scary alien baby pop out of his chest. In laymen’s terms, Sergey is nice on the outside, but could probably bust out some bone-chilling alien shit at any given moment. That’s what makes his photos so pretty to look at. Besides, that gangster child with arm cast is his most iconoclastic photo to date. I think his photos are currently on exhibit at the Deweer Gallery in Otegem, Belgium, but I’m too lazy to fact-check.
