Photography, 7 x (90 x 90 cm).
© Sergey Bratkov
Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp / Collection Flemish Community (Inv. no. BK007494).
The series Glue Sniffers consists of pictures of glue-sniffing youths. The pictures are taken in a closed correctional facility for underage delinquents, on a sun-flooded courtyard with grapevines. Bratkov took double-takes using a 6x6 camera, which resulted in blurry, unclear pictures, much like the vision of a drugged individual. The series can also be interpreted as a reflection on the Soviet rhetoric of the 'Happy Soviet Childhood'.
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> Sergey Bratkov / Сергій Братков.
> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: Geel – Middle Gate II – The Story of Dymphna. Stad Geel, Geel, 15 September 2018 - 04 November 2018.
> Ensemble: EUROPE AT LARGE.
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> Ensemble: M HKA_DEFAULT_WORKS.
> Ensemble: NUCLEUS.
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> Ensemble: Life is Pain.
> Ensemble: WAANZIN | MADNESS.
> Ensemble: Middle Gate.
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> Ensemble: In Solidarity with Ukraine.