Fighters without Rules / Бійці без правил, 2000
Photography, 6 x (90 x 60 cm).
Photo: Pat Verbruggen
Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp / Collection Flemish Community (Inv. no. BK007493).
The series Fighters without Rules consists of portraits of exhausted yet triumphant boxers made immediately after their fights. Nothing remains of the event, only the injures, and the dim light, a setting that does not lend itself to anything other than a snapshot of the drained hero. This series is an example of Bratkov's documentary photography, which lacks the irony of his staged pictures, but remains heavy and painfully sharp. As the title suggests, these boxers operate within the Russian world of illegal boxing, which is a world without rules. Bratkov takes the portraits from a certain distance, in order to capture the true emotion of the moment. The melancholy, bleak expressions of the boxers reflect some of the bleak social circumstances of post-soviet Russia.
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> Sergey Bratkov / Сергій Братков.
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> Exhibition: Imagine Ukraine – Small and Big Stories. BOZAR, Brussel, 06 May 2022 - 19 June 2022.
> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: Visite Diest. M HKA & Stad Diest, Diest, 27 November 2014 - 21 December 2014.
> Exhibition: The collection XXXIII – The Collection as a Character. M HKA, Antwerpen, 07 June 2013 - 22 September 2013.
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> Ensemble: Life is Pain.
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> Ensemble: In Solidarity with Ukraine.
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> Ensemble: IMAGINE UKRAINE - Exhibitions.
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