Oleh Minko is a Ukrainian nonconformist artist representing "hermetic" art. He created images with a double meaning, where he narrated the theme of the work through the symbols of objects and human gestures. The style of his paintings is influenced by ancient Ukrainian iconography and European modernists: Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and Giorgio de Chirico. Oleg Minko's works are kept in state museums of national importance in Ukraine and private collections in Ukraine and abroad. The artist had personal exhibitions in London, Helsinki, Brussels, Copenhagen, Washington, and Vilnius.
Oleh Minko's horse is bizarre and exhausted, with tall, slender legs that are about to collapse, and it seems like a tragic ghost. The artist contrasts the red horse with the image of a modern man who constantly has to adapt to the too-fast pace of life while not losing his productivity and dynamism. All he wants is to find an idyll in this crazy world.
